Chapter 13: A Dinner for Four (Part II)
Liu Zhuo has known Zhilan for ten years, including four years in college, so she knows everything about Zhilan, but Zhilan never mentions her past with Gao Minlang. It wasn't until Zhilan was about to leave Lanzhou that she said that, so even if Liu Zhuo wanted to relieve Zhilan at this moment, to be honest, her curiosity was stronger than the Li Junqiu in front of her.
Zhilan took a sip of juice slowly, and didn't say anything in a hurry, but pointed to a few dishes on the table that had not yet moved the chopsticks and smiled: "Look, patronizing and talking, the dishes haven't moved yet, come and come, eat, don't leave it!" ”
Gao Minlang lowered her head, after all, Zhilan still cared, she didn't want to mention it.
Junqiu could naturally feel the low pressure at the moment, and he felt that he was talking too much, so he followed Zhilan's words and continued: "Yes, yes, I forgot that there is still a table of dishes here." Saying that, he picked up his wine glass and stretched it out in front of Zhilan: "Come, Miss Mo, I will give you a glass!" ”
Zhilan smiled: "You're welcome, just call me Zhilan!" Zhilan raised her head and took a big sip, put down the delicate cup in her hand, and then told about the past: "Actually, Mr. Gao and I haven't seen each other for ten years, and I didn't expect to see each other again this time, although we grew up together, but there was nothing 'unforgettable' between us, I still remember a girl he liked in high school, it should be our class president Bai Qing, right?" Zhilan looked at Gao Minlang and seemed to ask him for a standard answer.
Gao Minlang turned his head to the side, he didn't dare to look directly into Zhilan's eyes. From her voice to Mr. Gao just now, he knew how much Zhilan cared about what he said ten years ago.
He said, "Don't let me hear my name come out of your mouth again!" ”
So when they meet ten years later, no matter how much they want to show that they are unprosperous and peaceful, Gao Minlang finally understands that what happened ten years ago is like a shackle, a brand, and a torture instrument! Looking back now, she had never called her name since they met, and perhaps today it was so inevitable that she reluctantly called him Mr. Gao! What a detached, what an unfamiliar name.
And at this moment, Li Junqiu, who was sitting next to Gao Minlang, who couldn't see the height of his eyebrows and eyes, and had no eyesight at all, said to Zhilan's words without knowing whether he was alive or dead: "Bai Qing, I know, that is Min Lang's girlfriend when he was studying abroad, it turns out that they have been together in high school?" ”
Zhilan's heart trembled, and then she felt a little uncomfortable as if she had been scraped by a knife, and her face was a little ugly.
Gao Minlang felt that this meal was really a little stuffy, and stood up and wanted to go out to breathe: "Leave me with you first, I'll go to the bathroom!" ”
As soon as Gao Minlang left, Liu Zhuo said to Li Junqiu: "I think your friend seems to be preoccupied tonight, do you want to take a look!" ”
Saying this, Li Junqiu seemed to feel the same way, so he went out with a lot of enthusiasm.
Liu Zhuo looked at Zhilan and said distressedly: "Why are you suffering? Stealing chickens doesn't make you lose rice, you want to make him uncomfortable, but it turns out that you are not sad or anything! Don't think I can't see it. ”
Zhi Lan smiled: "What do you see?" It's like you're talking like Sherlock Holmes, just an ordinary meal, and I'll just talk about what's wrong! ”
"When you left Lanzhou, you told me clearly, you said that your childhood sweetheart is back, so you have to come back, you mean to come back and rebuild with him, but I see the current situation, it seems that the development is not going well!" Liu Zhuo poked her.
Zhilan looked at Liu Zhuo with a smile: "I never said that I wanted to rebuild the old friendship with him, this is just your imagination!" Between us, there is no more possibility! In the second half of the sentence, Zhilan said a little sad, and there was also some hidden anger and resentment!
Gao Minlang didn't go to the bathroom, but silently smoked a cigarette in the smoking area of the restaurant, and the cigarette butt was still in his fingers, which was directly crushed by Junqiu.
"How long have you not smoked, why did you smoke again?" Junqiu was a little stern: "The doctors have said that you have to quit smoking." ”
"Li Junqiu, it's really a mistake to take you out to dinner today!" Gao Minlang glared at him.
Junqiu snorted, looked around, and saw that there was no one, so he spoke: "What's the matter, you think I'm messing with your affairs?" Or do you think I'm embarrassed by my unscrupulous words? ”
Gao Minlang shook his head: "It's not that serious, it's just that you don't know a lot of things between me and Zhilan, so it's best not to say everything, just like just now, you also mentioned Bai Qing!" ”
"That's what Miss Mo mentioned first!" Junqiu argued: "Besides, do you think I'm the kind of person who has no sense of proportion? It's not that you are panicking and refuse to say anything, just like that, why do you still want to chase others, I, a bystander, can see it clearly, from the day you asked me to check her, I knew that it was not easy between you. Whether it's an old acquaintance or a childhood sweetheart, that's all in the past. If you still like her now, don't be as submissive as you are now, I just gave you a start, and then, it's up to you! ”
On weekdays, he was used to seeing Li Junqiu's uninhibited appearance, but suddenly he was serious, and Gao Minlang seemed to be a little unaccustomed to it. But he is right, now he is indeed a little unable to let go and a little cowardly when facing Zhilan.
The two of them returned to the table again, as if they were no one. Of course, Zhilan also packed up her mood.
"I'm sorry to make you wait for us two big men!" Li Junqiu apologized.
Zhilan smiled and shook her head.
"Just now I was discussing with Min Lang, saying that Miss Mo's friend came here for the first time, whether it was a tourist or a long-term residence, I think we should do our best to be a landlord. Miss Mo held a reception banquet, so let's go climbing the mountain this Sunday! Then how about I invite everyone to soak in the hot springs? ”
This suggestion was a bit sudden, and even Gao Minlang didn't know it. So for a while, no one responded.
Liu Zhuo was the first to reflect: "This is not necessary, I have other things, and we are not friends, how can I trouble you!" ”
Li Junqiu squeezed his eyebrows at Liu Zhuo for a long time, but Liu Zhuo still didn't change his mind.
Zhilan played a round: "Thank you, Mr. Li, I am busy with work here, and Liu Zhuo will rely on you for help in the future, but there will be time in the future, so I am not in a hurry for this weekend!" ”
At this point, Li Junqiu has nothing else to say!
Gao Minlang didn't talk much all night, and those who didn't know thought he was so cold and had no one in his eyes!
Looking at the time, it was already past nine o'clock, Gao Minlang knew that he might miss today's opportunity, and he might never have it again in the future, no matter what he said next, Zhilan would react, he had to say it!
He picked up his wine glass and first thought that Liu Zhuo welcomed him, then looked at Zhilan, brewed his emotions for a while, and organized some words and said: "Zhilan, in the past ten years, I know that you hate me, in fact, to be honest, I have been asking about you since I returned to China for more than a year, but no one knows, not even Uncle Mo, he refuses to tell me." I used to be young and frivolous, and I did so many things to hurt you, but now that I think about it, I was too dark and selfish, although I lost my mother, and you have lost more..."
With Gao Minlang's narration, Zhilan's heart was trembling, and her head hurt a little, he was really as ruthless as ten years ago, and in her defenseless situation, he forcibly uncovered her scars that had not yet healed, and there were still traces of blood on it, and there were still tears of begging him for forgiveness when she cried, as well as her shattered home.
"Frankly, I never expected you to forgive me, and I even speculated countless times that when you said goodbye, what would you do to me, ignore me, or speak ill of me? I didn't expect you to be the same as always, when I went to your house that day, you didn't turn me away; You were lying in my bed that day, and I watched you for a long time... Although you don't reject me many times, I know in my heart that you are just..."
"Mr. Gao..."Zhilan interrupted her: "Please respect yourself, please respect me, please don't say some words vaguely, so as not to be taken out of context by our friends, I was drunk that day, and you took it home, and the innocence between us is like a bowl of boiled water, clear to the bottom!" ”
Liu Zhuo and Li Junqiu on the side suddenly felt that this matter was a bit serious, and it didn't seem that simple things ten years ago, but even if they were their best friends and buddies, they couldn't say anything, they belonged to the two of them ten years ago, and they, as bystanders, could never get involved at this time!
Zhilan's head began to feel dizzy, and the sharp pain hit her, forcing her to massage the sides of her forehead vigorously with her hands. She still clearly remembers every word of Gao Minlang at that time!
He said, "I won't be a childhood sweetheart with the murderer's daughter." Now that he is saying this, does he really think that forgiveness is simply a casual remark?
The other two felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy, and they unconsciously lowered their heads and let Gao Minlang play a one-man show.
"I'm sorry, Zhilan, maybe I'm in too much of a hurry!" Gao Minlang also lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhilan's eyes: "But for ten years, I have never forgotten you, even if I was with Bai Qing at that time." So when I realized this problem, I broke up with her..."
Zhilan's brain was in chaos, she didn't seem to listen to what Gao Minlang said, in fact, it wasn't that she couldn't listen to it, as if she couldn't hear it at all, and in a blur, she saw a girl cut her wrist and bled all over the ground......
Liu Zhuo wanted to check Zhilan's reaction after hearing this, but she didn't expect her to find out what Zhilan was like.
"Mr. Gao, don't say it yet! Something is wrong with Zhilan..."Liu Zhuo shouted.
Li Junqiu and Gao Minlang raised their heads one after another, and Zhilan was already lying on the table unconscious.
Gao Minlang stepped over to Zhilan and shouted her name loudly: "Zhilan, Zhilan, what's wrong with you..."
Li Junqiu and Liu Zhuo were also in a hurry...
I don't know who said "send to the hospital", Gao Minlang reacted at this time, he picked up Zhilan and rushed out of the hotel like crazy, Liu Zhuo and Li Junqiu followed, Li Junqiu couldn't drive after drinking, Gao Minlang was reluctant to let go of Zhilan, fortunately, Liu Zhuo could drive.
The car was speeding up, and Li Junqiu sat in the co-pilot to show Liu Zhuo the way. Gao Minlang in the back seat hugged Mo Zhilan's tears and fell quietly, he clenched his teeth and tried his best to stop his sobbing, but the voice he made was still choked: "Zhilan, what's wrong with you, don't scare me... Don't scare me, I just found you..."