Chapter 9: Distance
Li Xiaoxue broke her promise, the first time in her life. For the sake of Zhong Youcheng, a man she had only met once, she did something like this that she always thought she should not do.
Li Mu doesn't know why, she hates it the most, no, it should be said that she hates people who don't talk the most. When Li Xiaoxue was still very young, she tried her best to instill Li Xiaoxue that as long as she promised someone else's things, no matter how difficult it was, she must fulfill it.
Li Xiaoxue, who just wants to be a good girl, has always been doing according to Li's mother's requirements, at first, maybe there was a little deliberate, but gradually, it went deep into the bone marrow to make her feel that it is a person's minimum morality to do what she says.
However, this time, Li Xiaoxue broke her promise.
Although she felt upset and even guilty again and again about her broken promise, and thought about fulfilling her promise, even if it was only once, she thought that she could only do this.
She Li Xiaoxue really couldn't imagine what would happen if she continued to have a relationship with such a man who was almost called art burning. She didn't dare to take even half a step closer to the messy hut.
In this way, it may make him sad, but if it doesn't, it will make more people sad. In the end, it is just a meeting in Pingshui, and his sadness will be limited, and it won't be long before he will definitely find a more suitable model than me. Li Xiaoxue thought like this, and just hoped that night would completely disappear in her mind.
In a blink of an eye, more than a week has passed, and Zhong Youcheng seems to have really forgotten Li Xiaoxue in his mind.
On this day, Li Xiaoxue and Tang Aijia carefully purchased their snacks from the supermarket, and only came out with a smile and a smile, and when they met, a group of people ran over.
The one in front simply exerted all his strength, and the one in the back ran and scolded at the same time, as if telling the front one to stop.
Li Xiaoxue and Tang Aijia hadn't figured out what was going on, so they instinctively wanted to dodge backwards, and a group of people had already arrived in front of them.
The person in front obviously couldn't run, and when he saw that he was about to be chased by the people behind, he fell to the ground with a grunt.
The people who chased after him surrounded the fallen man, regardless of the ground, scolding and kicking him with a crackle.
Li Xiaoxue and Tang Aijia had already flashed more than ten meters at this time, and suddenly, one of the hands of the people who were being kicked and beaten by a group of people attracted Li Xiaoxue's attention.
Skinny hands!
Li Xiaoxue was shocked, and involuntarily walked back again.
Tang Aijia didn't know what was going on, so she grabbed Li Xiaoxue's arm and shouted anxiously: "Hey! Xiaoxue, what are you doing? ”
"My friend." Li Xiaoxue only said this, as if she was possessed, she was stunned and only walked forward.
"Light snow! Are you crazy? Tang Aijia trembled and pulled Li Xiaoxue back.
Li Xiaoxue was silent and insisted on moving forward.
Tang Aijia saw that she couldn't dissuade Li Xiaoxue, and wanted to run away alone, but she felt that it was inappropriate, and she was at a loss, so she had followed Li Xiaoxue and came to everyone.
The people who were beating and scolding didn't notice the arrival of the two girls, and they were punching and kicking each other, and the people who were beaten had already stopped moving at all, and they were dead.
"You're going to kill him!" Li Xiaoxue suddenly shouted to the group of people in front of her.
Before Li Xiaoxue's words fell, the sound of fists and feet stopped first.
"What are you doing?" A slightly chubby man squinted at Li Xiaoxue and asked, his tone was quite polite.
Li Xiaoxue didn't answer first, squatted over the unconscious beaten person, and looked at it, it was not Zhong Youcheng!
Most of Zhong Youcheng's face was covered with blood, and he was on the ground, which also frightened the beaters.
It was the fatter man who forced his composure and opened his mouth again: "He robbed us, our bread." ”
Bread? A loaf of bread is enough to beat a man like this? At this time, some passers-by had already stopped and made all kinds of comments.
There were seventy or eighty percent of the condemnation in the discussion, and all of them pointed to the beaters.
The beaters don't look like they're used to committing murders, and they all look at each other under the many criticisms.
Li Xiaoxue only looked at the slightly fat person and asked, "How much is your bread?" ”
"Forget it, just tell him to pay attention to it in the future!" The fat man spoke, glanced at his companion again, and prepared to leave.
"What's the matter? You're done beating people, so that's it? Tang Aijia, who had been standing behind Li Xiaoxue, saw that everyone was watching here, and suddenly came to her senses, and asked.
At this question, the starting gun rang out, and a few people who beat people suddenly scattered and fled.
"Hey! Don't run! Tang Aijia shouted again.
"Okay, okay," Li Xiaoxue anxiously urged Tang Aijia, "Why don't you call an ambulance soon!" ”
Tang Aijia snorted into the distance again, then took out her mobile phone and made a call.
After making the call, Tang Aijia squatted beside Li Xiaoxue, looked at Zhong Youcheng with a handful of bones, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "This, can this still be saved?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Xiaoxue was angry, and Zhong Youcheng was even more anxious in her heart.
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Zhong Youcheng is still alive, but when he arrived at the hospital, he has not woken up yet.
After a series of examinations, the results showed that except for a slight concussion, more than 50 bruises, and the loss of a front tooth, everything else was fine. And his coma, with many years of experience of doctors, responsible explanations, was hungry.
Hungry? When Li Xiaoxue heard this, Zhong Youcheng suddenly took out a large amount of change from his pocket that day and paid Li Xiaoxue the fare.
"Could it be that those few changes are his living expenses for a few days?" Li Xiaoxue thought like this, inexplicably, there was a strange feeling, as if, Zhong Youcheng was like this, it was not those who beat Zhong Youcheng, but her Li Xiaoxue.
Zhong Youcheng was still being treated by medical staff, outside the ward, the anxious Li Xiaoxue was pacing back and forth, and Tang Aijia, who was sitting on a chair next to him, couldn't help but be a little impatient: "Xiaoxue, sister, please, you sit honestly for a while, okay?" You kept shaking in front of my eyes, and I was so dazed. ”
Li Xiaoxue glanced at Tang Aijia, let out a long breath, and sat down beside Tang Aijia.
"Comrade Li Xiaoxue," Tang Aijia waited for Li Xiaoxue to sit down, then grabbed Li Xiaoxue's arm again, and asked Li Xiaoxue half-seriously and half-jokingly, "Are you guilty?" ”
Li Xiaoxue didn't understand it, and asked Tang Aijia: "What?" ”
Tang Aijia smiled and asked closely, "What is your relationship?" ”
"What's the relationship?" When Li Xiaoxue asked again in a daze, her heart shrank suddenly, "What does it matter?" ”
Tang Aijia's laughter seemed to carry some coldness: "You don't have to be smart and pretend to be confused." We're all women. ”
"What's wrong? What exactly are you going to say? Li Xiaoxue asked again, her heartbeat accelerating.
Tang Aijia snorted: "I said Li Xiaoxue, we have been friends for more than ten years." Who's every move, what's going on, can't hide it from the other party. I don't think I'm going to have to be too blunt, right? ”
Li Xiaoxue listened, and a thousand words were already churning in her heart. In fact, she wanted to tell someone about that night, although she was buried deep in her heart, but she couldn't let go of it, but reason told her that if she had a trick or not, she could only rot all the words about that night in her stomach. Everything that happened that night was something that she Li Xiaoxue couldn't understand.
Seeing that Li Xiaoxue was silent again, Tang Aijia was even more convinced of her intuitive judgment, and the words she said again had already brought out more harshness: "Don't tell me that you are just an ordinary relationship, don't insult my IQ." ”
Li Xiaoxue really didn't know how to talk to Tang Aijia, and she just shook her head for a long time.
"In that case," said Tang Aijia again, "I hope you have nothing. I can also believe that you don't have anything. He's fine, you've done your duty as a friend, and you should tell his family that we should go back too. ”
Li Xiaoxue shook her head more anxiously and blurted out: "He, he has no family." ”
Tang Aijia was also anxious: "But what is the matter with us staying here like this?" ”
"I didn't let you stay with me all the time!" Li Xiaoxue said unconvinced.
"Li Xiaoxue! What do you mean? Tang Aijia said, her cheeks flushed.
Li Xiaoxue had never seen Tang Aijia so excited, her head lowered, and she said sorry softly.
Tang Aijia was lucky again, and her voice was a little softer: "Xiaoxue, the reason why I am telling you this is because we are the best friends. I really don't want you to do something you regret that I told you. Nothing, it's the best. ”
Li Xiaoxue nodded silently with tears in her eyes, and suddenly felt that Tang Aijia's words seemed to bring her closer to that Zhong Youcheng?
Just when Li Xiaoxue wanted to defend herself again, a nurse walked out, expressionless, and shouted to the place where the two people were sitting: "The patient is awake!" ”
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