Chapter 54: Freedom Restored
Time flies like a white horse, more than two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Xu Li is only two weeks away from regaining her freedom.
That afternoon, Xu Li, who was quietly reading in the dormitory, heard the policeman at the door shouting: "Xiao Xu, your family members have come to see you." β
Now Xu Li has become a celebrity in the detention center, and even the police can't bear to be harsh on her even if they see her.
"Family?" Xu Li was suspicious. According to the agreement, Maggie Shen and Zhou Chunhua both come to see her on Saturday every week, and it's only Tuesday now, isn't it too early? Could it be that something happened at home?
Xu Li didn't ask much, and followed the police to the interview room, but saw that it was not Maggie Shen and Zhou Chunhua sitting in the interview room, but Wang Meng.
Xu Li was stunned for a second, and immediately regained her composure.
"Oh, Sister Xu Li," Wang Meng immediately stood up from his seat, "It's been a long time!" β
"Long time no see, sister Wang Meng," Xu Li smiled and walked in front of Wang Meng, looking at the woman in front of her who was dressed up in a fancy way, she was very unhappy, but she couldn't show it, and she couldn't admit it and run away, "How did you find me?" β
"Sister Xu Li, don't mention it!" Wang Meng sat down in front of Xu Li with a smile, "I really put a lot of effort into finding you!" Sister Xu Li, why are you so bad, you must have suffered here, right? β
What can Xu Li say, she can't say things like "I'm better here than outside" or "I'm a teacher here every day, and I have a sense of accomplishment", she can't even deceive herself, can she deceive the shrewd woman in front of her?
"So Sister Wang Meng worked hard to find this place, probably not to say these useless words of condolence. You think the money I pay back to you every month is too little, right? β
"Oh, Sister Xu Li, what are you talking about!" Wang Meng deliberately raised his right hand and made the big diamond ring on his finger shine, "What's the matter, I miss you as a sister, I can't come and see you!" β
Xu Li stared at the diamond ring for two seconds, and quickly retracted her gaze.
"Wang Meng, it's just the two of us here, so there's no need to force yourself to be intimate with me, just say it if you have anything to say."
"Oh, Sister Xu Li, look at what you said," Wang Meng took out the red invitation card from his bag, put it on the table, and pushed it in front of Xu Li, "Brother Li Feng and I are going to get married this month, so I came to tell you." β
Xu Li's heart ached.
"Congratulations!" Xu Li picked up the invitation and glanced at it, and the date was actually the day she was released.
"Brother Li Feng and I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau the day before yesterday to get the certificate! Oh, Sister Xu Li, I still feel like I'm dreaming, it feels so unreal! β
"Then I wish you all to grow old, and also convey my blessings to Li Feng for me," Xu Li closed the invitation and put it back on the table, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, you can do it yourself." β
Xu Li stood up and walked to the door, but heard Wang Meng behind him sneer: "Why, it's very enjoyable to be a teacher for the women here, and it has a sense of accomplishment, right?" β
Xu Li took a deep breath, turned around, walked up to Wang Meng, and sneered insincerely, "Do you think you can hurt me now?" Do you think I'll care about you and Li Feng now? Wang Meng, I've let go, please don't go too far! β
"Who cares if you don't care if you let go or not!" Wang Meng suddenly lowered his face and said with an angry face, "What I care about is that Li Feng was still thinking about you on the day we got the certificate!" β
Xu Li sneered: "So what does it have to do with me." If you don't have the ability to tie yourself to a man, don't blame me, if you want to complain, blame yourself! β
Xu Li didn't want to entangle with Wang Meng anymore, so she turned around and left, but she heard Wang Meng behind her sneering: "Xu Li, you don't pretend to be tall with me, can you really not care?" If you really don't care, then attend my wedding with Li Feng! I chose a day for you! On the day you were released, you just came to my wedding, and I didn't care anyway! Why, don't dare, right? β
Xu Li endured her anger, turned around, and said calmly: "You want to see me heartbroken at your wedding scene and make me completely dead to Li Feng, right?" I'm sorry, I won't do what you want, I will let Li Feng always think about me in my heart, and I will never be able to forget me. β
"Xu Li, you ......"
"Do you think I'm going to be grateful to you? The more than 500,000 yuan you lent me was actually to buy Li Feng's heart, right? But do you think Li Feng will really be bought by your more than 500,000 yuan? Xu Li glanced at Wang Meng's slightly bulging belly, "If you don't have this child, you can't be my opponent at all!" β
After Xu Li finished speaking, she turned around and left, not giving Wang Meng any chance to fight back.
But when she returned to the dormitory, her heart was getting colder and colder.
Li Feng was going to marry Wang Meng after all, although she had already expected this result, but when it really came to her, her heart was still very painful.
Wang Meng thought that she could be angry with herself, but unfortunately, she would not be angry because of this kind of thing, what is there to be angry about something that is destined to happen? It's just that her heart hurts, like a pinprick in a needle.
She will not bless Wang Meng, but she will wish Li Feng all the best in her heart.
At dinner that night, Officer Chen called Xu Li, who had finished dinner, out.
"My colleague said you fell on it." Officer Chen handed the invitation to Xu Li.
Xu Li took it with a wry smile.
Officer Chen asked, "What's wrong?" Isn't it yours? β
"It's mine, but I'd rather it didn't exist."
Officer Chen was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and immediately took the invitation card from Xu Li's hand.
"Since you don't want it, throw it away."
Officer Chen made a gesture to tear up the invitation, but Xu Li stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Forget it," Xu Li took the red invitation from Officer Chen's hand, "It's better to stay." β
"If you don't want to attend this wedding, why force yourself?"
"There are some things that you can only really let go of if you see them with your own eyes."
"That woman named Wang Meng doesn't have a good relationship with you, right?" Officer Chen sat down on the steps.
"Hmm." Xu Li leaned against the wall, raised her head, and looked at the dark night sky.
"Yesterday, a colleague of mine called me and asked me if there was a woman named Xu Li here, saying that your good friend wanted to see you. I didn't think much about it and told her, I wanted to tell you again today, but something delayed, sorry. β
"It's okay, you haven't done anything wrong, there are some things that can't be hidden, if Wang Mengmeng finds me, there will always be a way."
"Ask a question that shouldn't be asked, you and that man named Li Feng ......"
"I loved him, and he loved me."
"Hmm."
They didn't speak for a long time, until a whistle blew in the cafeteria, and Officer Chen got up from the steps.
"It's time to gather and go to the auditorium."
"Well," Xu Li still stared at the night sky, "I'm going to leave in two weeks." β
"yes," Officer Chen smiled, "after you leave, I don't know who will continue to teach them to read." β
"Actually, our detention center can go outside and hire professional teachers to teach them, as long as they are paid a certain amount, there will be people who are willing to come."
"Okay, I'll report your opinion to my superiors," Officer Chen looked at the invitation card in Xu Li's hand, "Really don't lose it?" β
"Don't lose it."
"You want to go?"
"I don't know."
But Xu Li actually already has the answer in her heart.
She will go, and when she sees Li Feng putting the ring on Wang Meng's finger with her own eyes, she will say to herself: Xu Li, everything between you and Li Feng is over.
But will it really end?
She didn't know either.
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On the day Xu Li was released, Xu Shun, Xu Jing, Xu Hui, Sun Ruixue, Zhou Chunhua, and Shen Manyu all came to the detention center to take Xu Li home.
But they waited for a long time, but they didn't see anyone coming out of it.
Xu Shun glanced at his watch, it was already half past three in the afternoon, and nearly an hour had passed since the agreed time.
At this time, the door of the detention center was suddenly opened, and it was not Xu Li who could come out of it, but Officer Chen.
Xu Shun thought that something had happened to Xu Li inside, so he hurriedly ran over, grabbed Officer Chen's hand, and asked in a panic: "Comrade policeman, why hasn't my daughter come out until now!" β
Officer Chen smiled and asked, "This old gentleman, what is your daughter's name?" β
"Xu Li! My daughter's name is Xu Li! β
"Xu Li?" Officer Chen looked at the anxious people in front of him and said in surprise, "Xu Li left at 1:10 this afternoon, don't you know?" β
Shen Manyu hurriedly said: "But Officer Chen, Xu Li told us to come here to pick her up at two o'clock this afternoon, why did she leave early?" β
Officer Chen was a little surprised that Maggie Shen was able to pick up Xu Li, but he didn't ask much, just said: "I didn't ask much, as long as it was the release day, you could leave whenever you wanted." β
Zhou Chunhua interjected and asked, "Then did she say where she went?" β
Officer Chen suddenly remembered the invitation, thought about it, but said, "I don't know, maybe she wants to go back alone, maybe, you can go home and have a look, maybe she is already on her way home." β
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Wang Meng and Li Feng's wedding was held at the most upscale Haishi International Hotel in Haishi.
When Xu Li arrived, the wedding had already begun. She put on her sunglasses, walked to the door, and handed the invitation to the doorman.
The doorman made a gesture of please.
Xu Li was just about to go in, but collided with a man who was also about to enter the hotel.
"I'm sorry," Xu Li glanced at the man through her sunglasses, "I didn't hurt you." β
The man was stunned and said with a smile: "It should be me asking you if it hurt you." β
Xu Li smiled, and was about to speak, but saw He Chunxia walking out of the elevator towards her.
Xu Li turned around and turned her back to He Chunxia.
The man glanced at Xu Li curiously, smiled, and guessed that Xu Li didn't want to be seen by He Chunxia. Although he didn't know what the relationship between these two people was, he still smiled and walked over to He Chunxia, wanting to take He Chunxia's eyes off Xu Li's body.
"Aunt He, I'm really sorry, I'm late! Why do you have to come down and pick me up! β
"It's not too late, it's not too late! The wedding has just begun! Wynne, I haven't seen you for so long, but I'm getting more and more handsome! β
Su Huaien smiled: "Aunt He, you are also getting more and more beautiful!" β
"Oops, your little mouth is as sweet as ever!"
He Chunxia looked at Xu Li who was facing away from her, and felt that this figure was a little familiar, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Su Huaien say, "Aunt He, what floor is Brother Li Feng's wedding on?" Take me up! β
"Good!" He Chunxia retracted her gaze, pressed the elevator, and when the elevator door opened, she went in with Su Huaien.
Xu Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked into the hotel.
The doorman asked her curiously, "Miss, are you alright?" β
"It's fine."
Xu Li smiled, and was just about to go in, but saw a black wallet on the ground.
She walked over, picked up her purse, and opened it again to look at her ID.
Su Wynn.
It's the man just now.
He Chunxia personally went downstairs to pick him up, and was so polite to him, he was young, but he was not an ordinary person.
Xu Li walked into the banquet hall, sat down on the nearest seat with a cat waist, and raised her eyes to see Su Huaien, who had lost her wallet just now, and was about to go over to return the wallet, but heard the wedding master of ceremonies say: "Miss Wang Meng, are you willing to be loyal to him forever, support him, help him, comfort him, accompany him, for the rest of your life, forever?" β
Wang Meng smiled shyly: "I am willing." β
The master of ceremonies looked at Li Feng again.
"Mr. Li Feng, are you willing to always care for her, care for her, cherish her, protect her, understand her, respect her, take care of her, humble her, accompany her, for the rest of your life, forever?"
Li Feng looked at the people in the audience, but he didn't find the person he hoped to find.
She didn't come, how could she come? He didn't invite her at all.
But if she does show up, will he take her hand and run away from here?
Li Feng smiled bitterly, because he knew that everything was impossible.
"Mr. Li Feng?" The master of ceremonies glanced at Li Feng, "Are you willing?" β
Li Feng looked at Wang Meng, who was looking forward to it, and then looked at He Chunxia, who was eagerly looking in the audience, and finally nodded and said "I do".
The audience erupted in warm applause.
Wang Meng covered his mouth and cried with joy.
The master of ceremonies hit the railroad while it was hot: "Next, please ask the bride and groom to wear rings on each other!" β
Wang Meng took the ring from the master of ceremonies, looked at Li Feng, smiled happily, and then put the ring on Li Feng's finger.
Xu Li didn't want to continue watching, she still imagined herself too strong. She got up from her seat, walked up to Su Huaien, stuffed her wallet into his hand, and turned to leave.
Su Huaien was stunned for a few seconds, then he came back to his senses and hurriedly chased out.
At this time, Li Feng took the ring from the master of ceremonies, and was about to put it on Wang Meng when he inadvertently noticed a familiar figure walking quickly away from the banquet hall.
Be...... Xu Li? Is she coming?
Li Feng was stunned.
The wedding master of ceremonies walked up to Li Feng's ear and whispered, "Groom, it's time for you to put a ring on the bride." β
As if he hadn't heard anything, Li Feng put the ring in his pocket and jumped off the stage, chasing him out like crazy.
Su Huaien, who was also chasing Xu Li, had stopped in front of Xu Li.
"Hey, this young lady, why are you walking so fast?"
Xu Li raised her eyes and looked at Su Huaien, and said in a cold voice, "Is there something wrong?" β
Xu Li pushed away Su Huaien, who was in front of her, and walked out of the hotel.
Su Huaien followed behind Xu Li and said with a smile: "You don't know how to collect gold, can't you come and thank you?" β
Xu Li stopped and looked at Su Huaien again.
"Okay, I'll accept your thanks, and if it's okay, I'll go."
Su Huaien smiled and was about to speak, but suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Xu Liββ! β
After Xu Li heard this voice, her body trembled. She looked around, but couldn't find a suitable place to hide.
Seeing that Li Feng was about to run out, Xu Li was helpless, grabbed Su Huaien's tie, pulled him to the corner, and asked him to slam himself against the wall.
Su Huaien was stunned, but soon understood.
It seems that this little girl has a deep relationship with He Chunxia and Li Feng.
Su Huaien was about to turn his head to look at Li Feng, but Xu Li straightened his head.
"Don't look back."
Su Huaien smiled evilly: "Unless I let me kiss you." β
"What?"
Without waiting for Xu Li to react, Su Huaien kissed her directly.
"Xu Li ββ!" Li Feng ran out of the hotel, looked around, and saw Su Huaien with his back to him, but he didn't find the figure just now.
Is it a delusion?
Li Feng looked at the corner of the wall again, and saw Su Huaien, who was kissing me and me with a woman, and smiled strangely.
This Su Huaien actually ran to his wedding pickle girl.
Li Feng retracted his gaze and looked into the distance again, and then walked back to the hotel dejectedly.
The corner of Xu Li's eyes was out of the corner of her eye, and after seeing Li Feng walk into the hotel, she angrily pushed Su Huaien away, and slapped him hard without waiting for Su Huaien to speak.
Su Huaien didn't get angry but laughed.
"Hey, this young lady, you don't thank me, you still beat me."
"Hooligans!" Xu Li pushed Su Huaien away, turned around and left.
Su Huaien chased after him with a smile.
"Hey, okay, it's okay to apologize to you?" Su Huaien stopped in front of Xu Li with a smile, "I really didn't have a way just now, you said that if I didn't ask you, in case he discovered the abnormality and then saw your face, you said, can you still escape?" β
Xu Li was taken advantage of by Su Huaien, even if this person was reasonable, it still couldn't calm her anger.
"I really regret giving you my wallet back! It's better to throw it in the trash than to give it back to you! β
Su Huaien laughed and said, "You said that you are so beautiful, how can your temper be so explosive." Still, I like it, I've never seen a woman like you. Let's get to know each other officially, my name is Su Huaien, dare to ask Miss your surname? β
Xu Li glanced at Su Huaien's outstretched hand, snorted coldly, and said, "Do you think you have a good skin and a few stinky money, so I can't wait to stick to you?" You think I haven't seen money? Go away! Leave me alone! β
Xu Li pushed Su Huaien away, turned around and left.
Su Huaien didn't catch up this time, and he didn't do it again and again, but he had never been rejected by a woman like this, and it can be said that he had never been rejected by a woman.
"Hey, miss, I owe you a favor today, if you have the opportunity to meet again, I will pay you back!"
Xu Li ignored it at all, walked to the side of the road, waved down a passing taxi, and quickly disappeared from Su Huaien's sight.
Su Huaien smiled.
He actually already knew Xu Li's name, Li Feng shouted so loudly just now, and he was not deaf, how could he not hear it, but this Xu Li didn't even give him a chance to meet her, which was really interesting.
What made him most curious was the relationship between Li Feng and Xu Li.
This Li Feng was able to run out to chase Xu Li at the wedding scene, which shows that these two must have had a relationship before. But looking at Xu Li's posture, it doesn't look like she's here to smash the field, so why is she here? Deliberately looking for abuse?