Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Bar
As the night darkens, the lights in every house have gone out. The quiet streets were deserted as far as the eye could see, and the walls on both sides cut them off from the outside world.
"I'll send you back first." Looking at Lin Qingmeng, who was standing still, Xu Wen spoke.
"Go back first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow." Shen Han echoed on the side, and Lin Qingmeng silently agreed.
When they arrived at the school gate, the gate was closed, and the whole campus was silent.
On the way back, Zhang Biqian suggested that she go to her house for one night, but Lin Qingmeng insisted. Looking at the closed school gate, Zhang Biqian tried again, "Qingmeng, you should go to my house tonight to stay overnight." ”
"It's okay, I'll just go over the wall."
The walls of Hongchuan High School are not high, or no student has ever been caught climbing over the wall, and the school leaders did not pay much attention to this.
Lin Qingmeng climbed a little hard, but finally got in. Through the iron fence, Lin Qingmeng beckoned to them and motioned for a few people to go back.
"We'll watch you go." Zhang Biqian's eyes were full of worry.
Seeing that he couldn't help it, Lin Qingmeng had no choice but to give up, turned around and walked in the direction of the girls' dormitory.
The street lights on and off the campus, the rustling sound of the leaves stirring in the breeze, the faint moonlight shining on the sycamore leaves, and the shadows reflected on the concrete floor swaying wantonly, which looked particularly strange in the quiet night.
Lin Qingmeng subconsciously looked back, but at this time, she had already walked a short distance, and the moonlight was dim, so she couldn't see the figures of a few people outside the fence at all.
Rumors about the school flashed through her mind, and she ran in the direction of the dormitory building.
"Who's where." As soon as I arrived downstairs, the voice of the dormitory manager came. Unexpectedly, there were still people at this time, Lin Qingmeng ran towards the direction of the stairs in a panic, she was close to the wall of the corridor, and she didn't dare to gasp.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, the light of the flashlight was getting brighter and brighter, Lin Qingmeng's heartbeat accelerated, and sweat flowed down involuntarily. After waiting for a long time for the footsteps to fade away, she breathed a sigh of relief and ran quickly upstairs.
By the light of the escape route, she gently pushed the door of her dorm room. After revealing a small crack in the door, he squeezed in. I didn't have time to clean up, so I turned around and got into the quilt. After a while, my heart calmed down.
In his mind, he recalled Lin Chen's words at night, "My parents don't care about me anymore." She didn't quite understand.
In the morning, a few people discussed going to the old class to inquire about Lin Chen's situation, and the angry words were just angry words after all, no matter what, they were still friends.
After making a plan, a few people sneaked into the office at lunchtime.
"What's the matter with you?" The four people before meeting, the old class asked suspiciously.
"Teacher, we want to ask about Lin Chen." Shen Han was the first to speak.
"Don't worry about this, let me go to dinner."
"Teacher, as friends, we want to care about it, not to mention that she is still my tablemate." Lin Qingmeng played the emotional card.
"The school will find a way to deal with this matter, so don't ask again." The old class resolutely refused.
Seeing this, the three of them were silent. Relying on being the class representative of the old class, Zhang Biqian continued without fear of death, "Teacher, just tell us." ”
With the stubbornness of donkeys, the four finally let the old class relax. They didn't expect that in just a few days, it would be like a year for Lin Chen.
Lin Qingmeng didn't know how he got to the cafeteria, and kept repeating the information just now in his mind along the way. Not only did her parents divorce, but they even left her. In less than a day, the news of her grandmother's serious illness came again, you must know that it was the person who grew up with her since childhood. For a moment, Lin Qingmeng seemed to be able to understand some of Lin Chen's behavior yesterday.
In front of Lin Qingmeng, Lin Chen never mentioned his mother, on the contrary, he mentioned his grandmother the most. Even the last time Lin Qingmeng went to Lin Chen's house, it was empty, and once upon a time, Lin Qingmeng thought that she was living alone in a rented house. It wasn't until that time that she said that she might have been thrown by her mother, and she didn't know that she was alone.
"What are we going to do now?" Seeing that several people around her were depressed, Zhang Biqian spoke.
"How about we organize donations?" Lin Qingmeng proposed.
"But the medical expenses are a huge amount of money, and the donation is probably just a drop in the bucket for Lin Chen."
Finally, some hope was shattered.
Lin Qingmeng's eyes lit up, "By the way, judging from Lin Chen's return last night, we must first know what she has been doing in the past few days when she didn't come to school." ”
"But ......" is halfway through his speech, he is really in a hurry. Zhang Biqian looked at Lin Qingmeng with an anxious expression, "But what." ”
"I can't get out, I may need you to do it."
"It's on me." Shen Han on the side was about to move.
As night fell, several people disappeared into the crowd. Zhang Biqian wanted to go with the two, but it was not early now, so the two persuaded her to return.
Last night, Lin Chen had heavy makeup on his face, and the smell of alcohol was obviously just coming back from the bar. After sending Zhang Biqian back, the two of them found a bar by bar, although Hongchuan County is not big, there are many bars.
After looking for nearly half an hour, there was still no one, and Shen Han gradually became crazy from the initial composure, if it weren't for Xu Wen holding him by the side, he would definitely come to the police station for a night trip tonight.
The strange lights illuminate the eyes of the people, and the people in the brightly lit bar sit on the sidelines. In the center of the stage, there are some enchanting women dancing to the rhythm of the music.
As soon as he entered, Shen Han heard a familiar voice. Looking for the source of the sound, he walked inside in a hurry.
Directly opposite the center of the stage, there were some people sitting, some holding guitars, some playing keyboards, and on the C seat stood a familiar person who could not be more familiar.
"Lin Chen." Before I had time to think, a name blurted out.
Through the layers of noise, the voice finally reached Lin Chen's ears.
The moment he saw Shen Han, the surprise in his eyes was revealed. As soon as Shen Han wanted to rush forward, Xu Wen grabbed his arm and dragged him to an empty place to wait.
At the end of the song, Lin Chen walked over to the two, "Why are you here?" ”
"Come back with me." Although he was unhappy in his heart, he still tried his best to suppress it.
"No need, you can go back." At this time, Lin Chen was like a rebellious girl, covered in thorns, and the person who was stabbed if he didn't pay attention was full of pain.
"We can figure out how to deal with money together."
"Who told you?" Suddenly, his embarrassment was punctured, and Lin Chen's face showed obvious embarrassment.
"I don't need your kindness, I have a way to do it myself." She is stubborn and refuses to compromise.
"That's what you do?" Shen Han took Lin Chen's arm and pointed in the direction of the band.
"What's the matter, you can't sing anymore." A man yelled at Lin Chen, it seemed that he should be in charge of the bar.
"Here we go." After Lin Chen answered, he walked towards the backstage. Looking at her departing back, Shen Han's eyes were full of distress.
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Lin Chen staggered out of the bar. Under the urging of alcohol, she was a little unable to stand, and when she saw that she was about to fall, Shen Han reached out and grabbed her.
The unfamiliar touch hit her, which instantly made her drink wake up a lot, and she reflexively wanted to shake off the man's arm.
Shen Han grabbed her tightly, leaving five shallow finger prints on his slender arm after a while.
After seeing the person in front of him clearly, the struggling movement slowed down.
"Something do you guys have? It's okay, I'll go first. ”
Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, Shen Han chased after him, and left a sentence for Xu Wen to return first before leaving.
Along the way, Lin Chen walked in front, and Shen Han followed silently behind.
"You're not bothered." Lin Chen said with some wine.
"Let's talk." Shen Han's eyes were faint, and he had long since lost his usual hip-hop.
"Okay, let's talk, what do you talk about?" Seeing that people couldn't get rid of it, Lin Chen simply sat on the steps of the green belt on the side.
"Come back to class, I can help you figure out a way for grandma's affairs." At this time, the young man looked like an adult, and his tone was full of helpless persuasion.
"What can you do, I can't help it."
"Then you're going to keep it a secret? Grandma will find out one day. ”
"If you can hide it for a day, it's a day." At this time, she had long since lost the thorn just now, and her tone was full of helplessness. is obviously an eighteen-year-old girl, but her tone is full of the helplessness of life.
She carried it alive for so many days, but at this moment, the girl's tears poured out like a flood.
When her parents divorced, she didn't hate them; When they left themselves to their grandmother, she didn't hate them; But when she learned that her grandmother was sick and had no one to help, she really began to hate them.
After a few days, for fear that her grandmother would worry, she lied that she had to make up for her homework, and she would come back later every day. But in fact, in order to make up for medical expenses, she sang in bars day and night.
At night, the sky is full of stars, and the sound of frogs in the ears is constant.
Shen Han sat beside Lin Chen, quietly watching her cry, and when she was tired of crying, she took out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to Lin Chen.
The two of them sat like this until Lin Chen's mood gradually calmed down, and then they sent her home.
Early the next morning, Shen Han went to the office. In the afternoon, Lin Chen received a call from the old class, saying that the school could help her apply for a loan and help her get through the current predicament, and Lin Chen was ecstatic to hear it.
When it came to the day when Lin Chen returned to school, a morning had passed, and there was still no one.
"Are you sure it's today?" Lin Qingmeng was a little worried.
"It's today," Zhang Biqian said very firmly.
Shen Han didn't know what he was thinking thoughtfully, and Xu Wen patted him on the shoulder at the right time, trying to ease his worries.
Lin Chen finally showed up in the afternoon, but she came to pack her things.
Seeing her movements, Lin Qingmeng became anxious, but at this time, someone was more anxious than her.
"What are you going to do?" Shen Han stopped Lin Chen's movements and forced her to stop.
Lin Chen looked at Shen Han squarely, and after a few seconds of silence, he slowly spoke, "I can't take the college entrance examination with you, I'm sorry, I may have to break my promise about the graduation trip." ”
"Chenchen, what's wrong, what's going on, isn't grandma's matter solved?"