Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Road to Rivalry is Narrow
Chen Erdong opened his loose eyes, it was ten o'clock in the morning, and Han Qingyu was not found in the house.
He habitually picked up his mobile phone and looked at it, there were three missed calls, all of which were made by Lin Daqi, he didn't go back immediately, got up and lit a cigarette, and began to think about last night's events, he was a little stunned, why did he go to bed with Han Qingyu in a daze, what should be the next.
As soon as I sat down on the sofa, I saw a hotel note paper on the coffee table next to me, I don't have to think that it must have been left by Han Qingyu, this scene is like a bridge in a love movie, the content of the note:
"Don't fall in love with me because of what happened last night, a relationship that you don't discuss is also a relationship."
He could read the first line of words, but the second line of words was intriguing, Chen Erdong took the sticky note paper and smoked a whole cigarette, and he didn't understand the meaning.
When he came to the company, Lin Daqi was guiding the work of a designer, and when he saw Chen Erdong coming late, he was a little displeased: "Are you willing to come?" If you don't answer the phone, what are you doing? God mysterious. ”
Chen Erdong deliberately wanted to avoid Lin Daqi's gaze, and said in a low voice: "I drank with my friends last night and slept over." Then he hurried to his office.
Lin Daqi saw that he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, this sweaty summer clothes are changed every day, Chen Erdong usually pays special attention to cleanliness and hygiene, how can he not change his clothes, unless he didn't go home, he followed into the office, and saw Chen Erdong plugging in the charging cable for his mobile phone, which confirmed his guess.
"Didn't you come home last night?" Lin Daqi asked.
"I'm back."
"Then you don't change your clothes? The phone doesn't charge either? ”
"I drank too much, and when I went back, I fell asleep."
"What about the clothes? Don't you stink? ”
"It's not too late, grab your clothes and put them on and go out." Normally, Lin Daqi pestered him to ask these boring questions, Chen Erdong must have replied impatiently, but today he answered honestly, Lin Daqi always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
Chen Erdong had no intention of working, always thinking about the second line on the sticky note, he picked up his mobile phone and sent a text message to Han Qingyu: "Qingyu, I want to talk to you." ”
But this text message is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news until he gets off work, he knows that a woman's mind is unpredictable, not to mention a woman like Han Qingyu, since she didn't reply, maybe she is also showing an attitude, he is still interesting, and he will talk about it after a while.
Han Qingyu really didn't contact Chen Erdong for a few days, during which Chen Erdong also asked Lin Daqi if Han Qingyu had contacted him, and Lin Daqi said that they were chatting on QQ as usual.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Chen Erdong calmed down a little, and his other worry was that this matter was known to Lin Daqi, although in terms of relationship, he did not betray anyone, but logically speaking, he was sorry for Lin Daqi.
September 5th is Shen Pei's birthday, and at this time last year, Chen Erdong had a perfunctory meal with her on the grounds that he was busy with work, never thinking that this was the last birthday they had together.
In the past, Chen Erdong participated in it every year, whether as a classmate or boyfriend, this year's Shen Pei didn't plan to, without Chen Erdong's company, her birthday would only make her feel sad, but several of her best friends wanted to accompany Shen Pei on her birthday.
After breaking up with Chen Erdong, Shen Pei rarely showed up, and the only few small gatherings were when she cried by herself, and her sisters cried with her, so there was the scene when Liu Lulu saw Chen Erdong like an enemy.
Liu Lulu is looking for death and life to hold a single birthday party for Shen Pei, and is also going to call some handsome guys with good conditions, she does not allow Shen Pei to hang herself on the tree of Chen Erdong in this life, and in the end, Shen Pei couldn't resist the kindness of her girlfriends, and agreed half-pushed.
It's Friday, and many times Friday is even more exciting for office workers, who can leave all their worries behind and have fun no matter how late it is.
Han Qingyu discussed going to KTV to sing with a few friends, and notified Lin Daqi on QQ, since Lin Daqi actively responded to Han Qingyu's social activities, such an invitation would only notify him or Chen Erdong, because they must be present together.
But this time, Chen Erdong was reluctant to go, the reason he knew that Han Zhilin didn't know, he used the excuse that there were relatives from other places who wanted to accompany his parents to receive him, and he also pretended to say that he had to drive, because their car could seat 7 people, no one would doubt this reason, and Lin Daqi would not be able to think elsewhere.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Han Qingyu and Lin Daqi's private room sang and danced, beer and wine were piled up on the table, and everyone drank a lot.
Lin Daqi is still always introverted when getting along with others, but by Han Qingyu's side, he is unusually open.
After three rounds of drinking, Han Qingyu's stomach was slightly swollen, and he wanted to go to the bathroom, but when he got up, he tripped over the wine bottle on the ground, and he almost fell, Lin Daqi hurriedly stepped forward to help him, he thought Han Qingyu was drunk and insisted on accompanying her to the bathroom.
When passing by another private room, three people walked out of the door, and one of them turned out to be Shen Pei. It turned out that Shen Pei's birthday party was also in this KTV, and there were not as many KTVs in Jincheng as there are now, especially the number of high-grade mass sales KTVs is just a few.
"Shen Pei?" Shen Pei was taken aback, she didn't have many friends, so she rarely met acquaintances outside.
"Daqi, such a coincidence." After speaking, she found that it was Han Qingyu standing next to Lin Daqi, and her first reaction was that Chen Erdong must also be there.
"It's you! The two of us are really fateful! A woman Lin Daqi didn't know suddenly spoke, he didn't even know who this woman was talking about, it was Liu Lulu who was talking, and the three of them happened to come out of the bathroom.
"Don't dare to be fate, let's go." Seeing that Han Qingyu answered, Lin Daqi looked suspicious, and was about to say goodbye to Shen Pei, but Liu Lulu stopped them:
"Where are you going? Feeling empty? Pepe, that day in Thailand, Chen Erdong was eating with her. On the night of the chance meeting with Chen Erdong, Liu Lulu informed Shen Pei of the "adultery", and the first thing Shen Pei thought of was Han Qingyu.
"I found that you like to find fault in public, this habit is not very good, if you meet a bad temper, hehe, I guess you are choking." Han Qingyu drank wine, she had tried very hard to restrain herself, but in the face of Liu Lulu's provocation, she couldn't help but be angry.
"What? Want to hit me? Come on, let me tell you, this is Chen Erdong's ex-girlfriend, you'd better not let me know that their breakup has something to do with you, otherwise I will never let you go. ”
Liu Lulu is not only drunk today, because there are more than 20 people at Shen Pei's birthday party, even if she wants to fight, she is not worried at all.
"Lulu, okay, I'm celebrating my birthday today, don't make trouble, I know her, she has nothing to do with Chen Erdong."
Shen Pei stopped between the two, afraid of conflict, and then said to Han Qingyu: "Qingyu, I'm sorry, my friend drank some wine, don't worry, you go first." Shen Pei looked apologetic, and she didn't want to be so ugly in public.
"It's okay, everyone has drunk, Shen Pei, you have a birthday, I wish you a happy birthday." Han Qingyu smiled, she didn't have any dislike for Shen Pei, Liu Lulu didn't give up, and wanted to continue to fight with Han Qingyu, but was pulled back to the private room by Shen Pei and another female companion.
"Let's go, my stomach is so swollen."
"Qingyu, when did you and Chen Erdong have dinner?"
Lin Daqi, who had been watching from the sidelines, completely ignored the conversations of several women, only the sentence "Tai Shangtai, Chen Erdong ate with her" was bolted in the cochlea, and he realized it later, and vaguely foresaw something.
"Last Thursday." This answer was like a heavy hammer, slamming on Lin Daqi's heart.
Last Wednesday, that is, the day Lao Wu had an accident, he couldn't forget this day, that is, on the second day, he couldn't make an appointment with Han Qingyu and Chen Erdong, and then Chen Erdong came to work in dirty clothes on Friday.
He is not as sleek as Chen Erdong, if he is Chen Erdong, he must pretend to be relaxed and ask casually.
Han Qingyu is the same, if she didn't spend a night with Chen Erdong, she would easily explain to Lin Daqi, although she didn't know that Lin Daqi had a crush on her, but she clearly remembered how Chen Erdong prevaricated when Lin Daqi asked Chen Erdong to go back to the company to play games, there is only one fact, she and Chen Erdong both concealed the truth from Lin Daqi.
"And you two didn't come home?"
"Hmm."
At this point, the truth is revealed, the word "um" acquiesces to everything, and all of Lin Daqi's suspicions and Chen Erdong's abnormalities are fulfilled one by one.
His body trembled, a common physiological reaction when he was out of breath, only this time, his mood was so complicated that he couldn't even tell how many emotions he had.
"Qingyu, I'm a little uncomfortable, let's go first." Han Qingyu didn't stop or explain, she didn't understand why Lin Daqi cared so much about this matter at first, but after thinking about it carefully, how could he ask the sentence that you two didn't go home? Could it be that Lin Daqi likes her?
Walking out of KTV, Lin Daqi dialed Chen Erdong's phone:
"Where are you?"
"I just sent my relatives back to the hotel and I'm ready to go home." Chen Erdong's voice was a little small, but in fact, he was watching a movie alone in the cinema.
"Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs at your house in a moment." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Isn't he at KTV with Han Qingyu? Chen Erdong thought to himself, what is so important to meet so late? And listening to his strange tone, could it be that the matter with Han Qingyu was known?
Thinking of this, Chen Erdong bounced up from his seat with a "whoosh", where was he still in the mood to watch a movie, and left the cinema in a hurry.