Chapter 52: Wash clean enough
Xi Muchen's face was dark and calm, as if he was about to be mad by such an outrageous behavior as promised. He said with a sinister smile.
"Miss Xu, I was really surprised by how well you washed—" He shouted through gritted teeth, "Okay—let's talk about your sister Meng—"
The two beauties on the side looked incredulous, how could Xi Shao still speak well to this rude woman and talk about things?
He whistled and looked contemptuously at the promise.
Soon, the bodyguard who was hiding in the depths strode over and respectfully handed him his wallet.
His ivory-white hand reached into his purse. Carefully selected, it seems to be looking for something. After searching for something, he calmly pulled out three bills from it. Feel free to keep them still on the surface of the pool.
"Oh-take the money to save your dream sister-" His eyes were full of mockery that could not be concealed.
When I looked at it, there were two banknotes worth one hundred and one bill worth fifty. Her face, still smiling brightly, stiffened. Two hundred and fifty dollars, what can you do with it, the only use is to make fun of her.
It dawned on her that maybe she had made the wrong decision to come here today. Because Xi Muchen is determined not to let Bihai Chaosheng reopen. She bit her lower lip and nodded slightly. Looking at the banknotes floating on the water, I felt that her result today was the same as them, the bamboo basket was empty.
She couldn't stay in the pool polluted by paper money for a moment, and only felt that the smell of money was disgusting.
Instead of touching the notes he had thrown out, she went ashore and walked away without looking back......
Xu Promise leaned against the corner of the elevator in his wet clothes, completely ignoring the discomfort on his body. She watched in a daze as the numbers on the display changed little by little, and her heart sank to the bottom little by little with the feeling of falling.
This feeling of isolation and helplessness followed her inexorably, and the feeling of loneliness was about to suffocate her.
She's useless.
All of Sister Meng's hopes were on her, and now ...... But it didn't work. She didn't dare to face Sister Meng again.
"Ding-" she thought to herself, the elevator had reached the first floor. The door opened, and there was no one outside. She flashed into the bathroom in a decadent manner.
In the mirror, it was her big wet eyes. The short hair was stained with a few sparkling droplets. She reached out and stroked her own hair, which was also wet.
"Damn!" she muttered in annoyance.
Sister Meng only prepared a set of clothes for her, and she wears them on her body now. Now she has no extra clothes to change. Thinking of what she had just done, she didn't regret it at all.
If she could turn back the clock, she would have made the same choice. As soon as she remembered Xi Muchen's stinky face and she was so angry that she was about to jump to her feet, she couldn't help but laugh.
What's more, she has always believed that she will do it, and no matter what the consequences are, she will not regret it again, but actively look ahead.
It's just that now she can only ask Sister Meng for help. She also didn't want irrelevant people to meddle in the matter.
There was no other way, she hesitated for a while, pulled her messy hair irritably, and finally had to dial Sister Meng's phone.
What should come is always coming, and escaping is not the way.
"Doodle-toot-"
Sister Meng's phone was quickly connected. Promise's already nervous heart was now beating even harder. Sister Meng's look of anticipation kept coming to her mind. The guilt in my heart is about to overflow.
"Hey—" Sister Meng's familiar smoke voice came. Her heart lifted suddenly. She looked at herself in the mirror, panicked like a child who had been caught stealing candy.
Even though it wasn't face-to-face, she blushed. A thick flush bloomed on her face, like a plump red cherry.
"Hey, Sister Meng. Promise stumbled, "It's me, Promise." ”
When Sister Meng on the other end of the phone heard that it was a call from Xu Promise, she was so busy that she had to take time out to ask Xu Promise how this matter was going today.
She originally wanted to delay a few points first and solve the matter of her clothes first, but Sister Meng was so concerned about this matter in her heart. She should have thought of it a long time ago, and the idea of bringing up the clothes was dispelled in an instant. She just found it a little hard to speak. Because, after all, she has failed Sister Meng......
"That'...... That one...... Sister Meng...... "There was unspeakable helplessness in her tone," Xi Muchen ...... is determined not to let the blue sea tide reopen...... I'm sorry...... Sister Meng...... I...... Failed to save the blue sea tide ......"
The voice of promise slammed on Sister Meng's heart, and she was helpless now. Her heart sank little by little with the opening of the promise, and it also cooled little by little.
She sighed. Unexpectedly, he couldn't even make a promise to Xi Muchen. It seems that she was really planted in Xi Muchen's hands today...... She looked at the piles of papers on the table with a pale face, and the contact numbers written down on the paper. I suddenly felt that I was really ridiculous.
Just when she promised to intercede with Xi Muchen, she was also trying her best to use all her connections to ask for help.
It's just that the answers she gets are always disappointing. It seems that Xi Muchen gave a death order, and Bihai Chaosheng is really finished...... She sat decadently in her soft chair and watched the clock on the other side move bit by bit.
She jerked up from her seat and threw her phone on the stall. She viciously scattered stacks of papers on the table on the floor. Snow-white pieces of paper flutter in this melancholy room.
Listening to the sound of Sister Meng smashing things, the promise on the other end couldn't stop hurting. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, but she didn't dare to say anything. After all, she's the culprit...... She waited quietly, waiting for Sister Meng's speechless anger.
Finally, the sound of various items shattering stopped. Sister Meng quietly sat back on her soft stool. Seeing that the originally neat room suddenly became like a ruin, her heart was also shattered like this ruin. She sighed heavily. She couldn't lift her heavy eyelids at all.
There was a long silence.
Xu Yu finally couldn't help but worry that Sister Meng was coming.
"Sister Meng—Sister Meng—are you okay?" her eager voice resounded through the cluttered office.
Carried away by her anger, she realized that she hadn't hung up the phone yet. It's been a long time since I answered the phone...... This kid ......
She bent helplessly through the clutter of papers to find her phone.
Finally, I found it in a corner.
Sister Meng sat on the spot tiredly and spoke slowly.
"Promise, I'm bothering you—so be it—you go home and rest—" she said with some grief, "I'll take care of the rest of the matter—"
Then, Sister Meng hung up the phone first.
Xu Yu looked at the phone that was hung up complicatedly, Sister Meng, she didn't say a word of reproach to her, she was used to carrying everything alone......
Look up again and look at yourself in the mirror who has lost your soul. Xu Promise chuckled and shook his head, put his phone in his pocket, and resolutely walked out of the bathroom.
She walked down the street alone and wet, not caring about the surprised eyes of others, and quietly hailed a taxi on the side of the road.
Speechless all the way.
Finally, she returned to the long-lost share house.
She was now frozen to the point of inactivity, and shivered as she pulled the key out of her pocket.
With a turn, the door opened.
Is it safe in the house? she pushed open the small door in frustration.
"I'm back—" she shouted.
Listening to An Ran's familiar answer, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly rushed into the small bathroom, not letting her see herself in such an embarrassed state.
Unknowingly, when she was taking a bath, she suddenly remembered Xi Muchen's disdainful "dirty thing". She stared at her body, which was about to peel off her skin, and stopped the faucet angrily. Scold...... Dirty ......
After finally putting her in order, she mustered up the courage to open the little door.
Confirming that Enron was still in the bedroom, she tiptoed over. Find your friends dressed up in front of the mirror. Looking at her stinky appearance, Xu Promise couldn't help but smile. She finally got home.
She quietly walked over and put a hand on Enron's weak shoulder. was stunned and frightened An Ran, who was concentrating on makeup, and the eyebrow pencil in his hand was shaken by his hand and fell on the makeup table.
An Ran glanced at the mischievous promise with disgust. Not very happy, he picked up the eyebrow pencil and shouted at the promise.
"What are you doing! Promise! Scare me to death you!"
The hut was instantly filled with life.
"Yo! What are you doing by dressing yourself up so pretty-" Promise involuntarily put on a smiling mask, trying to hide her deep exhaustion.
Unexpectedly, An Ran, who has always been very aggressive, was asked this question by her. A scarlet blush flew out of her pretty face. Some squirmed to tell the truth to the promise.
"Oops. My lord. He had a cocktail party, saying he was going to meet important guests. He invited me to be his female companion—" An Ran's face was visibly shining and energetic when she mentioned her benefactor.
Xu Promise was a little puzzled, she had never heard An Ran mention her benefactor.
"Which one?" she couldn't help but ask.
An Ran didn't seem to shy away from taking out her mobile phone, opening the photo album, and what caught her eye was a photo of the two of them. A man and a woman, the female is Enron, and the male is ...... When he saw this familiar face, he didn't notice his pupils shrink. In that photograph is a burly man. And this man is coincidentally - Mr. Shen!
An Ran obviously didn't notice the surprise on Xu Yue's face, she happily nodded to the man's face in the photo, and affectionately introduced to Xu Yue that this was her financial master.
Shen ...... Mr. Shen?" the promise couldn't help but blurt out.
An Ran only realized at this time that Xu Yue's face was not quite right.
"Promise, how do you know his surname is Shen?"
She shook her head slightly, saying that she had accidentally bumped into him in the corridor of the blue sea. She mentioned Bihai Chaosheng, and the expressions on the faces of the two of them suddenly became a little unpleasant.
"Huh. Promise, the blue sea tide is born, is it really impossible to save it?"
Xu didn't say a word, and looked at An Ran with an anxious expression complicatedly. She closed her eyes slightly, as if trying to hold back the tears that were rolling in her sockets. The ability to cry when I say I cry is also practiced at some point.
Enron grabbed her shoulders and pressed her face.
"Promise. You tell me if it's true or not!"
Although the expression of the promise had confirmed what she said, she still didn't want to believe it, and she promised to make it clear to herself and explain it clearly.
And the promise on the side slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were red, but they were so dry that there was not a trace of tears. Her eyes were like ashes staring at An Ran, whose face was full of anticipation. Today, she wants to put an end to the senseless fantasy of the third person with her own hands. Own, Sister Meng's, and...... Enron's.
Thinking so, she slowly closed her mouth. Nodded silently. Heavy, silent.
Receiving the affirmation of the promise, An Ran also slowly closed his eyes, as if trying to bear the result of this grief. When I opened my eyes again, it was because of the alarm of Enron's mobile phone.
Suddenly, with some panic, she said goodbye to the promise. Too late to grieve, too late to feast.
When Promise wanted to stop her, An Ran had already run out of the door. Somehow, she was a little flustered. After all, shouldn't attending such an important banquet be something that only a genuine lady can do? How could Mr. Shen let An Ran do such a thing...... However, when she thought of An Ran's happy expression, she obediently closed her mouth.
Went out safely.
In the originally lively hut, there was only one person left who promised to be lonely.
By this time, she was already hungry. The rumbling of her stomach reminded her that she hadn't had a proper meal in days. Every time, I hurriedly solved it on the road, either filling my hunger with bread or simply pouring water into my stomach, or I simply stopped eating.
Looking back on the events of the past few days, she was lying on the cot she had not seen for a long time with some exhaustion. She sniffed greedily at the laundry detergent on the cot. That familiar smell calmed down when her turbulent heart calmed down.
She rested in bed for a while, then hurried to find something to eat in the refrigerator. After all, most of the things in the hut were gradually purchased by Enron with her own money during the year, and she was a little embarrassed to use Enron's belongings without permission. But she was reluctant to buy outside, because things outside were expensive and unnutritious.
A sloppy settlement for dinner. She walked contentedly in a small clearing in front of the door. I can finally live a peaceful life for a while.
She had somewhere seen such a sentence.
"I am most afraid of doing nothing in my life, and I also say that ordinary is precious. ”
She felt the same way. She is now in this awkward situation, trying to change something, but always achieving nothing. She sighed at the thought of this. The sudden idleness made her a little depressed. She walked slowly into the house, and waited wholeheartedly for her to come home safely.
It's just that the night is long, and the people haven't returned yet. Promising a person was bored, so he took out a few books from the small box under the bed and flipped through them. are all famous books she read when she was a child, and she rarely has time to turn to them as an adult. When the rustle of the paper book as it turns the pages, she has already seen herself in the plot.
I don't know how long it was, but the occasional sound of distant discotheque music could be heard in the silent hut, and the only other thing was the rustle of the promise of turning the page.
……
"Knock knock. There was a loud knock on the door.
Pull the promise out of the plot by force. She wondered in her heart, "Isn't she coming back safely?" She should have brought the key! Out of caution, she stretched her neck and shouted out loudly.
"Who?"
In response to her, An Ran said in a daze, "I!
Xu Promise smiled helplessly and quickly got up from the bed. As she was anxiously looking for her slippers, there were several heavy knocks on the door.
No, he had no choice but to shout out the door.
"It's coming, it's coming. Don't worry!"
When she took the key and inserted it in the keyhole, there was another knock on the door.
The people outside seemed impatient. Xu Promise had no choice but to speed up the movement in his hand. I've never seen An Ran knock on the door so hard, her little door can't stand it.
"Click" is the sound of unlocking.
The door was gently opened, and to Xu Promise's surprise, it was not only An Ran who came, but also Mr. Shen who was supporting her!
"Mr. Shen!" she exclaimed in surprise, "you...... How to ......"
Mr. Shen seemed to be a little surprised to see Xu Ran, but he didn't seem to like talking too much, and motioned to Xu Promise to look at An Ran, who was drunk and not looking good. Promise to know, quickly let out of the body to let the two people in.
Mr. Shen changed his previous outfit, but wore a suit and leather shoes, which made Xu Xu's eyes shine. This gave him the appearance of a noble son. She quickly poured a glass of water for Mr. Shen and handed it to him.
It seems that Mr. Shen is also a powerful figure, so it is better to ask him about Bihai Chaosheng.
Xu Promise looked at her and thought secretly. And she just wanted to speak, but found that Mr. Shen was taking care of An Ran very carefully. His usual cold eyes were much more restrained when he saw An Ran, and he also revealed a tenderness that even he hadn't noticed.
When she saw the two of them so close, she couldn't help but be happy for them, and didn't dare to disturb them again. It's just that she doesn't know if Mr. Shen has a wife, if not, the two of them can't be a good match.
It seems that Mr. Shen is not a playboy like Xi Muchen, and he is very good at taking care of people. For example, I am very familiar with how to take care of people who are drunk.
It looks like a thick branch, but it's as thin as a needle. An Ran can meet such a man, she is really envious.
She just leaned quietly against the wall, silently watching the two of them, not realizing that time passed quickly.
"Mr. Shen. It's getting late. Why don't you go back and rest first—I'm safe—" Xu Yue said softly after looking down at his watch.
At this time, Mr. Shen, who was concentrating, realized that it was late, and he nodded to Xu to say goodbye.
And when he was about to step out of the door, he seemed to forget something, and turned back. Xu Yu looked at Mr. Shen who was in a hurry with a puzzled expression, but he didn't expect him to hand her a note, and then went out without saying a word.
Sure enough, Mr. Shen is a very mysterious character......
Xu Yumu sent Mr. Shen out of the door, and then quickly locked the door. She looked down at the contents of the note, which contained a lot of material. Although she didn't explain how to make what was written in it, she intuitively thought it was a decanting soup. Xu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, said "thank you" to Mr. Shen's silent back, and then put the note into his pocket.
Then, she hurriedly rushed into the bedroom, opened An Ran's quilt a little nervously, and checked An Ran's body properly. Knowing that her body was intact, Xu promised to cover her with the quilt and breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with Enron. It seems that he is blindly worried.
Xu Promise looked at An Ran, who was sleeping soundly, with this cute appearance, and felt a little warm in his heart.
A good night's sleep.
……
Early the next morning, Xu Yu got up. She yawned, then neatly put on her clothes. That's right, she felt like she was going to get a job today. She doesn't have any requirements for any industry, and she doesn't ask for much comfort, she just covets a job with a stable income.
When she was ready, she went out.
Before leaving, breakfast was prepared for An Ran, who was still asleep, and a cup of sobering soup was left in case An Ran got up with a headache. Under the cup was a small and cute square piece of paper, which said that she had gone out, so that An Ran should not worry.
All was in order, and she walked down the street with her heart. It seems to be wandering the streets a little casually. When she saw a job advertisement posted outside the store, she went into the store and gave it a try, maybe someone wanted her.
She asked several companies about the recruitment in succession, and at first they were smiling and talking to her, but when she reported her name, the supervisor was obviously frowning. Then she was inexplicably rejected. The supervisor didn't even read her resume, so he didn't want her because of a name.
This is certainly not a coincidence! Because there have been several in a row.
She asked one after another with some reluctance, and she asked several different types of various industries one after another, and she even tried to work as a coolie on the construction site.
But as soon as she reported her name, the supervisor looked at her with a pale face, and didn't ask anything more, just waved her away.
She walked down the street indignantly, it was already noon, and she had been hit again and again.
At this point, a phone call came in. Xu Promise picked up her phone, which showed a woman she hadn't seen in a long time, but she pressed the reject button disdainfully. Xu Lan, an arrogant woman, would take the initiative to call herself, but it's really a hell of a thing! It's definitely not good for her to come to the door.
Unexpectedly, the other party persistently called the promise again.
She pressed the reject button again.
She was just about to raise her feet, but she didn't expect Xu Lan, a woman, to call her again.
It's the third time. I promise to see what you Xu Lan is looking for me!" She pressed the answer button in a moment's excitement. When she just wanted to give Xu Lan a scolding, she didn't expect Xu Lan to be fast-mouthed. As soon as he came up with a sentence, he was so choked that he couldn't speak.
"Promise! You didn't expect it, did you? No matter how much you hung up on me, you can't deny that you just can't find a job! ”