21. Embarrassed woman
Liang Ju slept in the dormitory without classes during the day, and when she saw Lan Lan pushing the door in from outside, she rubbed her eyes and asked, "Did you see Jiejie, she left in the morning and never came back." β
Lan Lan put the book on the desk, "Don't you know? β
"Know what?"
"She asked the instructor for a few days off, saying that there was something going on at home."
Liang Ju was completely sleepy, "She didn't tell me." β
She got up from the bed and flipped through her phone in her bag, Lan Lan sat on the bed and changed her shoes, "She seems to have an accident at home." β
Yu Yanjie's phone was always turned off, and Liang Ju called Sun Xiaoshou again, Sun Xiaoshou went to the south with a friend during the summer vacation and bought a batch of goods, and now he is busy all day long, and he is not very clear when he hears about Yu Yanjie.
Lan Lan sat on the bed, picked up a book at the bedside and flipped through it, "You two have a good relationship, I thought she would tell you." β
For three days, Yu Yanjie did not appear at school, and the phone was turned off. Liang Ju was in a hurry, so he took Sun Xiaoshou to Yu Yanjie's house to find her, but unfortunately, the door of the house was closed, and no one opened the door after knocking for a long time.
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In autumn, it gets darker at night than in summer, and the street lamps on the street are already lit up before seven o'clock, dyeing the crossroads in front of you with a layer of pale yellow light.
Liang Ju ate bread as she walked along the path, and when she was a few steps away from North Star, she disposed of the bread twice and threw the bag into the trash can on the corner of the street.
When he raised his head to drink yogurt, Liang Ju suddenly received a call from Lan Lan.
It was noisy on the other end of the phone, and there was strong music. "Orange, are you going to the open class tomorrow?"
"Go."
Liang Ju chatted with her for a few words, and when he turned around, he saw a pair of middle-aged men and women holding each other and walking out of the North Star.
They went to the opposite side of the road.
The middle-aged woman was dressed noblely, her figure was well maintained, and there was a faint fragrance on her body.
Liang Ju kept staring at her, she always felt that the appearance of a middle-aged woman was very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
They took a taxi on the side of the street, the middle-aged man held a beer belly, and a rough hand stayed on the woman's waist to rub it, and the two people's every move was full of ambiguity.
A taxi pulled up beside them, and by the light of the street lamp, Liang Ju approached and squinted at the woman.
Suddenly, her mouth opened slightly, and her face was full of incredulity.
The woman, she knew.
She is Yu Yanjie's mother, Gao Ruoluo.
And the man who held her waist and got into the taxi with her was not Yu Yanjie's father.
Lan Lan said that there was an accident at Yu Yanjie's family, and Yu Yanjie asked for leave from school, and now, Liang Ju saw Yu Yanjie's mother and other men appearing here side by side
Something is like a dark cloud in the sky, and all the truth must flash into the brain in an instant.
But Liang Ju still didn't want to believe it.
***
When he saw Gao Ruoluo again, Liang Ju served as a waiter to bring wine and fruit to their private room.
Gao Ruoluo was talking about something with a foreign friend dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the man next to her was the same one Liang Ju had met last time, holding a cigarette in his hand and his other hand on his mother's shoulder.
Liang Ju looked calm and stood obediently behind Gillian.
She half-leaned over and placed the beer on the glass table in front of Gao Ruoluo, and placed the fruit one by one.
I don't know what Gao Ruoluo said to the middle-aged foreigner, both of them suddenly covered their mouths and smiled, the lights in the box were dim, and with the help of the huge singing screen, Gao Ruoluo inadvertently glanced at Liang Ju.
At this glance, the smile on her face froze at the corners of her mouth.
Liang Ju laid out all the food and smiled at the guests on the sofa, "Please use it slowly." Then he stepped back and turned out of the box.
Walking out of the box, she took the silver plate and let out a deep breath.
"What's wrong, nervous?" Gillian teased at her.
Liang Juwaner, "I'm generally not nervous, unless I see a handsome guy." β
"you, a little girl's house is saying something indecent." Gillian is younger than Liang Ju, and when she heard her say this, she smiled and patted her.
Liang Ju was called to serve wine to the guests at the booth, and as she walked around the dance floor with a wine plate, a man suddenly ran out of the dance floor and bumped into her.
By the dim light, she looked up at him.
The man was slender, his hair was dyed white, and he wore a reflective silver stud earring on his ear.
βSorry.β He took a cigarette in his mouth and glanced at Liang Ju obliquely, his eyes full of rebelliousness.
Liang Ju smiled and said it was okay.
Coincidentally, when Liang Ju finished drinking and walked back, he actually saw the man again, but he was standing by the railing of the exit on the second floor, and he was still holding a woman in his arms.
The woman's back was very familiar, if it weren't for the understanding of her roommate, almost, Liang Ju thought that person was Lan Lan.
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"Orange, there's someone looking for you outside."
As expected, when Liang Ju walked out of the North Star Gate after work at night, he saw Gao Ruoluo standing under the street lamp across the road, looking towards her.
It was clear that she was waiting for her.
They went to a nearby cafΓ©, where she ordered two cups of coffee and asked Liang Ju for a mousse.
Liang Ju is not polite to her, she eats whatever she orders, anyway, she hasn't eaten dinner at night.
"Auntie, if you have anything, just say it, I have to go back to the dormitory at night, no matter how late, Jiejie is so worried about me." She bit the mousse in her mouth, took another sip of coffee, and said to her mother in a not ladylike manner.
Gao Ruoluo's delicate makeup completely concealed her actual age, her hair was pulled into a bun at the back of her head, and even the few wrinkles left on her smooth face were gone.
She raised her hand to pick up the coffee and took a sip in disguise, but in the face of Liang Ju's generosity, she became squirming.
"Liang Ju, I hope you don't sue SΓΉ Jiejie about tonight."
"Why?"
Liang Ju pinched a small cherry on the mousse with his thumb and index finger, and shook it in the air, with a bit of sarcasm in his tone, "Jiejie has always told us that you are a good mother and a university teacher, so you won't do anything immoral, right?" Auntie, you are a good example for us to learn from in the future. β
The cherries were mercilessly thrown into the remaining dinner plate next to them, and Liang Ju wiped his hands with paper, "Stale cherries are outdated no matter how they are dressed, they are just for a while, who would really want to eat them." β
What she said hit the nail on the head, so that Yu's mother's face could no longer be tightened.
"I have been divorced from Jiejie's father for more than a month, and what I am doing now has not violated any moral things, and Lao Liu and I are also you juniors who will not understand." Yu's mother's waist has always been straight, Jiejie looks very much like her, her skin is fair, giving people a very dignified feeling.
Yu's mother took out the money for this Western meal from her purse, and was about to call the waiter, "Jiejie can't accept my divorce from her father, you are good friends, I hope you can help me enlighten her." β
"Auntie, have you ever thought about how it feels to be clean? When she saw that man, would she think of her father? Liang Ju put down the tableware, "You let us persuade her, but do you know what you have always been most proud of in Jiejie's heart?" It's your relationship with Uncle Yu! β
Gao Ruoluo clutched his wallet tightly, his fingers white. "Jiejie grew up under our care since she was a child, it's time for her to grow up, and there are some things she has to face."
"Auntie!"
Seeing that Gao Ruoluo was leaving, Liang Ju also got up from his seat. She clenched the tablecloth tassel on the dining table with both hands, "Jiejie is your daughter, shouldn't you, as a mother, explain it to her personally?" β
"She can't listen to anything now, and later, her father will sue her." The waiter came to settle the bill, Gao Ruoluo handed the money directly to the waiter, she left in a hurry, and even confiscated the money recovered.
Liang Ju ate everything in the restaurant alone.
She was very worried about Yu Yanjie, but Yu Yanjie didn't say a word to them about this matter, obviously she didn't want them to know.
So what should she do? Go ask Yu Yanjie? Or when you don't know what to do?
Liang Ju fell into a tangle. She didn't know what to do so as not to hurt Yu Yanjie.
Suddenly, she remembered the man
If he was her, would know what to do.
Liang Ju has experienced too little, and now, she needs someone who can give her advice. Undoubtedly, that person was the most suitable for her as she rightfully thought.
Liang Ju decided that no matter whether Yu Yanjie mentioned this matter to her or not, she would not tell anyone for the time being, including Sun Xiaoshou.
Coming out of the restaurant, Liang Ju walked to the bus stop.
When she turned the corner, she saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of Beixing, and there were constant sounds of abuse and fighting coming from inside.
Feeling that something was wrong, Liang Ju didn't say a word, and strode over directly.
She ran towards the crowd, and within a few steps, she could already hear Yu Yanjie's cry in the noise.
"You fuck off... Don't pester my mom again, get out of here! β
"Jiejie, you listen to your mother......"
Not only Yu Yanjie's voice, but also Gao Ruoluo's.
On a weekend evening, there were many vehicles and pedestrians passing on the streets, many of whom stopped to watch the sudden scene from afar, and many of whom simply walked over and stood on the periphery.
Looking at the people who didn't know how many floors they had gathered inside and out, Liang Ju simply reached out and directly pulled away the crowd.
It's just that she is weak, and more often than not, she is glared at by the people in front of her.
"Don't squeeze it, we still want to see it." An aunt pushed Liang Ju directly and dissatisfied.
Liang Ju was anxious, so he simply ran to the side of the street, stood on the flower bed and stretched out his head to look into the crowd.
Finally, she saw Yu Yanjie.
Yu Yanjie was slapping the middle-aged man opposite in the face, this was the first time she saw her hysterical.
"Sorry, it's my friend inside, let me in!" Liang Ju jumped down the steps again and rushed directly inside, she ignored the sideways gaze, lowered her head and rushed straight to the center of the crowd.
"Jiejie, you're too much!"
"Smack!"
Another slap in the face, followed by a low cry from the crowd.
When Liang Ju ran to Yu Yanjie's side, he saw her covering her face, and her always neat and neat outfit was too wolf at the moment.
Gao Ruoluo stood in front of the middle-aged man, one hand still in the state of beating. After beating her daughter, she didn't feel guilty, but turned around as soon as possible to ask the man behind her if anything was wrong, and her anxious and concerned eyes and expressions were not for Yu Yanjie.
"Jiejie..."
Liang Ju stretched out his hand to help Yu Yanjie, Yu Yanjie had already put down the hand covering her face, and looked at the two people opposite with angry eyes.
It was her mother.
There are too many people watching the excitement around, some with a playful demeanor, and some pointing and expressing their opinions to the people around them.
"It's so unusual"
"I heard it's a mother and daughter."
Yu Yanjie sniffed and said abruptly, "Mom, are you really willing to abandon me and my father for this divorced man?" β
Liang Ju saw that when the mother screamed, a tear fell from the corner of Yu Yanjie's eye.
Gao Ruoluo was wiping the dust off the middle-aged man's face with a tissue, and when she heard the sound, she just shook her hand slightly and said, "That's about me and your father." β
Suddenly, a light rain fell in the sky, and the people around the people began to slowly disperse, except for a few loyal spectators who were still standing in place with their hands above their heads, and continued to watch in the rain.
Liang Ju gently tugged Yu Yanjie, "Jiejie, let's go back." β
Yu's mother still glanced sideways at her daughter before leaving, "Jiejie, you won't understand adult affairs for a while, go back and study hard, and listen to your father." β
Yu Yanjie shook off Liang Ju's hand and walked in front of her mother, Liang Ju was afraid that her strength would come up again, so she had to follow her closely.
"Will you ever come back from the United States, and will you still have my daughter? You just want to restart a family with him, you won't have any new children! Yu Yanjie pointed to the man beside her mother and asked loudly.
There was a trace of panic on Yu's mother's face, she didn't know who told her, she glanced at the man next to her, the middle-aged man was just wiping the dirt on his face with a tissue, Liang Ju saw a few plastic bags filled with soil on the ground next to him scattered and thrown there.
"You go back to your dad first, what does a girl look like outside making a fuss like this? I'll go look for you before I leave. β
Liang Ju watched Yu's mother help the middle-aged man out of the crowd, leaving Yu Yanjie standing there alone.
The rain gradually became heavier.
"Jiejie, let's go." Liang Ju went up to look at Yu Yanjie's back.
Yu Yanjie didn't wait for an answer from her mother.
After the play was over, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Liang Ju followed Yu Yanjie to the station behind him.
The moment he turned around, Liang Ju saw Zhong Ling standing at the door of Beixing.
She looked at both of them solemnly, not saying a word.