34. A sad night
After getting off the bus, as said on the phone, Zhong Ling found a dessert shop called 'Sweet Silk'.
In front of the door, there are two fake beautiful plant trees, and a circle of flower beds with white picket fences, in which many kinds of flowers of different colors are placed.
Gently pushing the door, the bell on the door rang crisply, and immediately after, a beautiful little girl in a dark blue apron walked in front of her with a smile.
"Hello, how many people may I have?"
Zhong Lingwaner, "I'm looking for someone, thank you." ”
The little girl smiled and bowed her head, the small shop was not big, there were less than ten tables.
"Sister Ling, here!"
Liang Ju, who was sitting by the window on the far right, was stretching out his arm and waving his hand at Zhong Ling with a smile, and Zhong Ling raised his hand in response when he saw this.
"Did you come early?" The location is good, the bright sunlight is just right to find the table, a piece of gold.
Liang Ju wore a red sweater, which made his skin fairer.
"It's only about five minutes early, sister, what are you drinking?" Liang Ju helped call the waiter, and Zhong Ling found that it was still the little girl just now.
"Orange juice will do, less sugar."
She took out her wallet to pay the bill, but was held down by Liang Ju in time, she said: "I have something to ask you today, so I will settle the bill." ”
"Have you worked, but you don't have any income, so let's do it next time."
Zhong Ling's hand to take the money was stopped by Liang Ju again.
"It's a little money, it's fine!"
After that, Liang Ju directly took out the money and handed it to the waiter girl.
Zhong Ling smiled and put her wallet back in her bag, and turned around, she looked at Liang Ju, the corners of her mouth were still slightly upturned.
Liang Ju has a straightforward temperament, and he never likes to hide what he says.
When she looked at her, she said, "Sister Zhong Ling, in fact, I asked you out today because I wanted to ask you for something." ”
"It's about him, right? It's okay, just say it. "Zhong Ling's 'he' naturally refers to Mao Dong.
Liang Ju put the hand on the table back on his lap and sat up straight. "I'm going to rent a house in the new campus. It is convenient for transportation, and it is also a commercial area, which is suitable for both living and working, and it is definitely better to live there than it is now. ”
Zhong Ling didn't speak, her hair hung down slightly, and the long hair on her shoulders slowly fell with her things.
She seemed to be listening carefully.
"I've been to see the house, although the area is not large, but the decoration is very good, there is everything, it must be very comfortable to live in." Liang Ju crossed his hands together, "The location is very good and the furniture is complete, but the rent is not cheap, and now you have to pay at least half a year's rent when you move in." ”
The orange juice ordered by Zhong Ling was served, and a full cup was served. Lure. Person.
Zhong Ling took a sip, just like the name of the store, sweet.
"How much does it cost?" She asked, putting down her glass.
Liang Ju stretched out his hand: "50,000, but I have some money in my own hands, you don't have to give me so much." ”
Zhong Ling lowered her eyes and looked at the tassel under the tablecloth, Liang Ju was afraid that she would not agree, so she explained: "I heard that you sold Beixing, in fact, I shouldn't let you take out this money, but now in order to compensate Shapi and Ah Yuan, he sold his house, and you have also been to the place where he lives now, the environment is not good and it is so cold, I don't want to see him suffer." ”
Zhong Ling's eyelashes kept trembling, her hands were clenched tightly, although Liang Ju's words were true, it was very uncomfortable to hear her.
"If this money is counted, it is not Mao Dong's. Out of reasonableness, I gave the money to Mao Dong because of the relationship between me and him, but now you ask me to take it out to rent a house for you, although this house is for him to live in, but, what identity do you use now to let me take out this money? ”
Zhong Ling raised her eyes to look at Liang Ju, "You don't have the right to let me give you money, understand?" ”
The warm sunshine has been taken away at some point, and the store has lost its sunlight, leaving only passers-by passing by outside the window.
"Then you have the right to hold on to that money yourself? Are you at ease? Liang Ju asked her rhetorically.
"The money is mine, I give it to him as my heart, and it is reasonable not to give it."
"I don't think you're not refusing to give, but you're not willing to give it to me. You don't want me to take money to help Mao Dong, you want to help yourself, right? ”
Zhong Ling looked away from Liang Ju's eyes, her weak heart had already answered her question for her.
"As his nominal sister-in-law, you have feelings for him that you shouldn't have, aren't you afraid that you will dream of his eldest brother at night?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"It's all women, why bother pretending?"
There was a brief panic on Zhong Ling's face, she put her hands on the table and held the cup, wanting to pick it up and put it down, and finally put her hand back under the table.
Liang Ju sneered, "I really can't get used to people like you, I obviously like it, but I have to pretend to be a little careless, aren't you tired?" Like is like, what's so scary, besides, you're just a sister-in-law in name, and you haven't been through the door, why do you care about other people's opinions! ”
didn't expect Liang Ju to say such a thing to her, Zhong Ling looked at her puzzled: "Aren't you afraid that I will rob him with you?" ”
Liang Ju showed a very indifferent smile on his face, "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, one more love rival will give me one more chance of losing, I wish all women in the world wouldn't like him, but is it possible?" If there are many people who like him, it means that I have a good vision, then I really didn't see the wrong person, then I won, that is, I defeated many of your rivals, which also shows how good I am! ”
Zhong Ling was amused by Liang Ju's innocent words and the pride on her face, and she asked, "How can you say it as if he really became yours." ”
Liang Ju snorted and laughed, "Don't say it, it's going to be soon!" ”
The sunlight was covered by a cloud, the cloud slipped away, the sunlight reappeared, and the unpleasantness just now had already been driven away by Liang Ju's few words, and the two women returned to the sunshine.
Zhong Ling pinned the broken hair behind her ear and said slowly, "You're not afraid that these things you did will be discovered by him?" ”
"Don't be afraid, I'll arrange it properly."
"You're so confident." Zhong Ling said with a smile.
Liang Juxiao's voice was louder than her, "Women, they should always have confidence in themselves, so that they can attract men." ”
Today's chat made Zhong Ling have a better understanding of Liang Ju, she used the same eyes as exploration to explore Liang Ju's characteristics, and what she saw not only made her admire, but also made Zhong Ling feel afraid.
Liang Ju's personality is exactly what she has always longed for, and it is also what Mao Dong wants to pursue.
But she knew that she would never become Liang Ju.
"You know what, you're the first person to say these things to me." Zhong Ling looked at the orange juice in the cup and said to Liang Ju leisurely.
Liang Ju smiled.
"You said the first one, the one who made me bold to pursue feelings."
"It's a matter of course to like someone, so why hide it?"
Seeing that Zhong Ling didn't speak, Liang Ju asked tentatively: "Just because of the matter between you and his eldest brother, you have a mustard?" ”
"I don't want to implicate him either, there are some things, you are still too young to understand." Zhong Ling knows Mao Dong's character better than anyone else, once some things are broken, it is equivalent to building a dead end for herself, and she doesn't even have to be a friend.
She sighed and leaned back in her chair, "It would be nice if I were you, I don't have any scruples, just be bold and pursue it." ”
Liang Ju snorted, "Why do I think this doesn't sound like a good thing, I'm not without scruples, I'm also afraid that the two of us are so old apart, what if there is a generation gap?" ”
"How old are you?"
Liang Ju stretched out five fingers, "Five years old, he was already 23 when I was 18." ”
"And you this year?"
Liang Ju raised his eyebrows, "Don't sue you!" ”
Zhong Ling was amused by Liang Ju again, "You are really interesting." She picked up the orange juice on the table and raised her glass to Liang Ju, "Come, I wish you success, and you will succeed in chasing him down." ”
"So you mean you're going to give up?"
"Well, not necessarily, maybe one day when I overcome my heart, I will attack strongly."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you!" Liang Ju also picked up the cup, "I wish me success in warming that iceberg, and I also wish you to defeat your cowardly self as soon as possible, and dare to come out and pursue your own happiness!" ”
'Ding! The transparent glass is dyed the yellow of orange juice and the pink of strawberries by bright juices, and it is bright and dazzling in the sun.
Liang Ju didn't expect to have such a deep communication with Zhong Ling, she guessed that she had another good friend.
Sometimes Liang Ju also admires herself, she can actually transform her rival into her good friend, does this mean that her charm is really great.
***
Zhong Ling sent a sum of money to Liang Ju, saying that it was to rent a house for Mao Dong, and this money was not the money from selling Beixing, and she didn't want to move lightly with Beixing's money.
The next day, Liang Ju called the landlord with the money, signed the contract and paid the deposit. Coming out of the apartment, she saw that there was a shopping mall not far away that seemed to be holding an event for the store celebration, and the row of gongs and drums was very lively, Liang Ju was in a very happy mood, and also followed the crowd to take a look.
The mall has a total of two floors of stores, all kinds of things are available, Liang Ju can't stop when she sees the things she likes, she pushes the shopping cart and remembers that Mao Dong's house doesn't seem to have a warm baby to carry with her to keep warm, so she wants to buy it for him.
Passing by a place that sells cooked food, thinking that he hadn't been to Mao Dong for the past few days, Liang Ju called Mao Dong.
"Hello?" Mao Dong's voice came through the guò current, like a low warm current.
It was noisy around, Liang Ju raised his voice, "Are you at home, I'll come over later!" ”
"I'm at home, but" The signal in the underground shopping mall is not good, Liang Ju can't hear clearly, he only heard Mao Dong say the word "home", and thought he would always be at home.
"Okay, you wait for me, I'll go over after I finish shopping!"
Liang Ju saw that she bought a lot of food in the supermarket, it was the rush hour after work, she finally squeezed into the bus, and sat for three or four stops before finally waiting for a seat to sit down.
Carrying two or three plastic bags in each hand, he walked from the slope to the door of Mao Dong's house on the slope, but no one answered after knocking on the door several times.
She wanted to call Mao Dong, but she couldn't find the phone after rummaging her bag back and forth several times.
"It's in the bag." Liang Ju muttered to himself as he looked down.
She rummaged through her trouser pockets and jacket pockets again, but there were none, and she searched for plastic bags, which were all purchases, and there was no mobile phone.
With a sigh in her heart, Liang Ju knew that her mobile phone was stolen.
Thinking that when she got into the car just now, someone behind her was squeezing her vigorously, she moved a step towards the position next to her, but the back was still crowded, there were so many people, and her bag was not completely buckled because she was in a hurry to get into the car, fortunately, the wallet was placed at the bottom of the bag, otherwise, she would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being stolen.
Liang Ju sat down on a stone step in front of Mao Dong's house in frustration.
At the beginning of December, it was winter, and the only thing around us was a street lamp with a broken light bulb, and there was not even a person walking.
Liang Ju didn't have time to eat lunch and ran to see the house, and after seeing the house and signing a contract with others, he was anxious to celebrate, so he went to the supermarket to buy a bunch of raw meat and vegetables, and now he didn't even have anything to eat.
Liang Ju wrapped the scarf around her neck again, she couldn't sit down, it would be colder, so she put everything on the ground and ran and jumped back and forth around the gravel road by herself.
Mao Dong didn't know where he went, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait.
The more she ran, the more hungry she felt, and the more hungry she was, the less strength she had to run, but if she didn't run, she was cold.
She has never suffered this kind of hardship since she was a child, although her mother was very strict with her, but she also had a father who spoiled her to the point that she couldn't spoil her, every time she made a mistake and was scolded by her mother, her father would secretly make a supper in the middle of the night and send it to her room, and then watch her eat, and did not forget to reconcile the relationship between her and her mother.
Liang Ju is a person who can't wait to eat eight meals a day, how can he let himself starve, but look at the present
At night, when the lights were dark, light snow began to fall in the sky, and there was constantly cold air drilling into his neck, and Liang Ju rubbed his hands hard to rub out a little heat.
Putting his frozen hand to his mouth and breathing, Liang Ju finally couldn't support it and sat back on the steps. His feet were completely numb and he didn't feel any sensation at all, Liang Ju suddenly felt very aggrieved, and he wanted to cry aggrieved.
She leaned against the tree and shrunk into a ball to hide behind the tree.
With a gurgling stomach, Liang Ju swallowed her saliva, she thought, Mao Dong would not leave her, he must have gone somewhere, and he would be back in a while.
But this moment, it's really a bit long.
In a daze, a beam of light hit her face in the distance.
Liang Ju moved her eyes, and the dazzling light made her unable to open them.
The light was getting stronger and stronger, Liang Ju covered her face with her hands, squinted, and glanced hurriedly, and found that a car was driving in her direction.
Liang Ju sat behind a tree, and it was at night, and it was generally difficult for anyone to find her without looking carefully. Seeing that the car was approaching rapidly, Liang Ju was so frightened that she quickly stood up, but her feet were completely numb, and one of them didn't stand firmly, and she fell from behind the tree with an 'oops'.
Fortunately, the driver of the car stepped on the brakes in time, otherwise, her life would have been whimpered.
Liang Orange wolf lay on the ground, only to feel pain in his right foot, and his knee also hit the stone, and he fell hard.
A silver-gray Mercedes-Benz sedan stopped less than a meter in front of Liang Ju, and the two headlights were about to blind her, and she felt that her whole head was buzzing.
The sound of the car door opening and closing came one after another, and Liang Ju was lying on the road with her hands covered and her eyes, and she could hear that there were two people walking towards her.