Chapter 13: Man on his own
In the days that followed, Liang Yuan was also gone.
The renovation of the Hailan Club next door was still going on, and I asked the workers where Liang Yuan went, and they all shook their heads and said they didn't know.
During this time, I tried to call him, but it never answered.
Li Jiale is getting more and more diligent.
I sent what I found on the computer to Li Jiale to see.
He stared at the pictures, frowning.
When he learned that Liang Yuan graduated from the Department of Computer Science, he clenched into a fist, and then slammed it on the table: "Sure enough, it turns out that I haven't guessed wrong!" All of this is really operated by someone, and the person who operates it is actually Liang Yuan! ”
I looked at Li Jiale and saw that his expression was very serious.
The green tendons that came out of his temples bulged out one by one, and it could be seen that his heart was very anxious.
I saw the corners of his mouth move a few times, and finally gradually suppressed the anger in his heart.
Li Jiale sat on the bare bed frame, took out a pack of cigarettes and took a deep breath: "Tang Xiaofan, I heard you mention before that you were entangled by a ghost named Chen San, so you have to contract the Hailan Club next door?" ”
I nodded, and in three or five sentences, I told him what had happened before.
Now my mind is in a mess.
If it is really as Li Jiale said, everything that happened before was a program written by Liang Yuan, then does Chen San really exist?
Another point is, since when did I enter the program written by Liang Yuan?
Is it coming out of Ximen Station?
Or come back from Higashiyama Villa?
Or did it start when that strange man appeared in Lao Yu's house?
A little further away, did I enter a dead loop from the day my dad had an accident?
Almost overnight, I found that the people around me, even Liang Yuan, who had worked together for a long time, and who had been playing together since childhood, couldn't believe it.
And Tang Muzhou, my cousin.
Now recalling the strange expression he had when he looked at Liang Yuan before, could it be that he also found something from the West Gate Station, so as to judge that Liang Yuan had a problem.
I remembered that he said that when he was in the office building of the station, when he looked at Mao Xiaojun's computer, there was a paragraph in it that surprised him greatly, but what it was, he said vaguely.
Didn't he see the same content as me at that time?
So why didn't he tell me at the time, but instead watched while Liang Yuan and I left the noodle shop and went to the rental house?
And now, the others are gone.
I went somewhere and didn't call me a single phone.
Could it be that he has disappeared too?
Like those who ate "Red Girl", they all left the program.
A little further, perhaps, he is also a lifeless program written by Liang Yuan, for such a long time, he has actually been cooperating with me to do some unconscious things.
Thinking of this, my back started to chill again.
The smoke ring from Li Jiale's mouth swirled around in the air a few times.
He and I both stared at the smoke ring for a while, and then Li Jiale asked me again: "Tang Xiaofan, have you seen Chen San again for such a long time?" ”
I shook my head.
At the same time, I myself was a little surprised.
It stands to reason that Chen San's purpose is to take the lives of me, my father, and Liang Yuan, but after such a long time, he has never appeared again.
When you think about it, there's really something wrong.
All these puzzles, I think, there is only one woman who can answer me, and she is Xia Hong.
I asked Li Jiale: "Hailan Club, do you want to open again?" ”
Li Jiale raised his eyes: "Of course you have to continue to do it, you have signed a contract with that ghost, if this is also part of the program, then it is not a good thing for you to destroy the program without permission!" ”
I nodded, thinking he had a point.
Li Jiale came over again and copied the things on my computer, and he said that he would take it back and look at it again.
Watching him skillfully operate, my heart stabilized.
Tang Muzhou didn't know where he went, Liang Yuan, who I had always trusted before, actually became the person I couldn't trust the most, fortunately there was Li Jiale, otherwise I would be a little blind now.
After copying those things, Li Jiale got up and patted me on the shoulder:
"Tang Xiaofan, don't worry, I will definitely find a solution, no matter what the circumstances, we can't give up hope."
I also looked at Li Jiale, and suddenly said:
“…… You can't be programmed too, are you? ”
Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to be a little angry: "Tang Xiaofan, it's all come to this point, how can the two of us still be suspicious of each other?" ”
Seeing that he seemed to be really angry, I quickly explained to him and admitted my mistake.
Fortunately, Li Jiale is not a stingy person, his anger quickly subsided, and when he left, we went to see the decoration of the Hailan Club.
The newly bought tables, chairs and benches were all ready, and the chef on Li Jiale's side was also in place to check the situation.
It should be open in a day or two.
Standing in the middle of the hall, I felt heavy when I saw the new look of the Hailan Club.
Li Jiale comforted me and said:
"Don't think too much, start the business first, if you have this time anxiety, it's better to imagine what the name of the new store is, you can't always hang the words of Haisanhui outside."
He reminded me of this.
The Hailan Club used to be a mahjong parlor, and now I open it, but it's a Chinese restaurant.
The decoration style used to be nouveau riche, and now it is small and fresh.
So, the name must be changed!
So after a long day of brainstorming, I finally came up with a name:
"Or, it's called Hyland's Restaurant!?"
After hearing these four words, Li Jiale, who was originally looking forward to it, immediately darkened, he shook his head helplessly, and said to me:
"Go with the flow, the restaurant is yours, you can do it if you think it's okay!"
After sending Li Jiale away, I went to the advertising agency to order a new light box.
Then I asked the salesman of the advertising agency to contact my chef to see what kind of recipes I needed to make, and I should have done everything to save the time for opening.
After all this was done, I didn't immediately go back to the rental house.
I decided I wanted to go to the hospital.
In fact, all of this was caused by my dad's coma that night, and I went to see my dad, although he was lying down and hadn't woken up yet, maybe he could make some clues, and it was better than my fantasy alone.
The Li Jiale who suddenly appeared still can't be fully believed.
People, in the end, still have to rely on themselves.