Chapter 20: Searching for the Trail
At this time, Mrs. Lily saw Li Shi rushing out of the room angrily, so she came over and asked with concern-
"Young man, why did she run away, she looks so angry! What's going on? What the hell is going on between you? Can't you say something well? You her off, didn't you? ”
Zhao Ji was speechless...... Everything happened so suddenly and unexpectedly.
He was as frightened as if struck by a burst of lightning, and still stood in the middle of the little dark room; It was like a pitiful little piece of paper lying casually on the ground, casually blown and ravaged by the storm.
After thinking about it, he really couldn't figure it out-
Before you come...... He had all figured out how to express and what he should say to Li Shi.
However, as soon as he arrived in the room, everything seemed to be thrown into disarray.
The conversation between her and him did not go in the direction he had thought.
So much so that all the things that are wanted to be expressed and what should be said are not spoken, not even one percent of them.
How could this stupid date end so quickly, so sloppily, so briefly, when he himself didn't know how to solve this thorny problem?
"Young man, what are you doing here? Why don't you go out and chase it back...... Ah Shi ran away, with her paranoid and impulsive personality, it was really going to be a big problem, and she would regret it at that time. ”
Mrs. Lily yelled at Zhao Ji as she raised her permed wild eyebrows slightly in front of the wig, and there was an unusually reproachful tone in her tone.
Zhao Ji looked at Mrs. Lily like a fool.
——And walked out uneasy.
With great difficulty, he walked out of Mrs. Lily's house, and walked straight into the streets of the town.
His face was pale, his head hung down, his face was sad, and he was immersed in chagrin—extreme chagrin.
He knew Li Shi and didn't think about it seriously,—— maybe he thought more deeply, the corners of his mouth would have risen a little more, and he would regret it less.
He asked himself and regretted that he had not done the same...... It is useless to scold yourself with all kinds of reproaches.
He couldn't understand what made Li Shi have to change their date, and he couldn't see what price she would have to pay if she went to Lady Lily.
This is where Li Shi, a careful woman, designed......
Why couldn't he keep her—why?
He and her, both youthful young men, lonely and widowed, were alone in that dark, light-only room......
He still had the courage to push her away from him resolutely, and even reproached her for being ignorant......
How did he do it?
Something should have happened between them – but nothing happened. This will not fail to mess up Li Shi's girlish dignity...... This will not make Li Shi angry and furious.
……
And now, he regretted it...... Li Shi's beautiful and immaculate face always entangled in his heart, and he asked her for forgiveness, to ask her for forgiveness.
He recalled the pale and smooth cheeks like white marble, the pair of shy and timid double eyelids with tears......
He recalled the hair that was scattered from her neck like a beautiful white swan and her head gently pressed against his chest......
He was so sick that he was dying......
"My dear, I'm your ...... now," Zhao Ji seemed to hear her whispered voice again.
"I did things according to my conscience and morality, and I did not possess her, all for the sake of her future ......"
He said to himself with certainty...... This is not the truth in his heart, in fact, when he faces the beautiful Li Shi, he really wants to have sex with her......
Li Shi scolded him for being a liar and a hypocrite...... It's because Li Shi has insight into his heart.
Does Zhao Ji hope for such an ending? No!
Did he willingly want to break up with her? No!
Could it be that he lost her so easily? No!
Why can't you marry her? Is it just because she's an illegitimate daughter, or just because she's willful, eccentric, and paranoid? No, it's because of his own weak heart—
"What's wrong with me? I'm really a madman...... Lunatic...... I'm such a madman...... Not only a madman, I'm a liar and a hypocrite......"
Zhao Ji hated his weakness and incompetence, and kept repeating it......
At this time, the sun is setting, and a trace of the remnant sun gradually disappears into the horizon.
When night falls, it is hazy and poignant.
Zhao Ji strode towards the homestay with a pale red gate where Li Shi lived.
Li Heng walked towards Zhao Ji.
"Have you made an appointment with my sister? Do you see her? Where is she? Li Heng hurriedly asked Zhao Ji loudly and hurriedly, with a hint of roar in his voice.
"Isn't she in the house?" Zhao Ji asked.
"Of course not, or would I be so anxious to ask you?"
"She didn't come back?"
"Nope. It's all my fault. ”
Li Heng continued.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back, I broke the previous agreement between us. I was worried that something was wrong with my sister, so I went to the 'Meet' café alone. I don't think she's there. ”
"Ah......h
"So, my sister, didn't she go?"
"She didn't really go to the 'meet' café, but ......"
"But what? Haven't you seen her yet? ”
Zhao Ji had to admit that he had already seen her.
"Where did you meet?"
"We met at Lady Lily's house. I was going to the 'meet' café, but halfway through she messaged me and changed the location of the date. I broke up with her about an hour ago. ”
Zhao Ji said.
"At that time, we didn't talk speculatively, we couldn't talk together, and I rejected her. She ran out in a rage, and Lady Lily kept rebuking me and telling me to hurry after ...... I thought she was back. ”
"No, I just didn't come back, and I'm so worried...... In that case, let's wait for a while! Maybe she's gone somewhere else. ”
Li Heng said helplessly.
"I'll give her a call and ask, where is she?"
They went into the courtyard and sat down next to each other.
Li Heng made more than a dozen calls to Li Shi and sent more than 20 text messages, but Li Shi did not answer the phone or reply to the message.
They were silent, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
They kept looking back at the reddish doorway, listening intently to the sound of her footsteps.
However, it was in exchange for disappointment......
Finally, Li Heng stood up.
"That's ridiculous!"
Li Heng raised his voice and said...... There is a hint of blaming Zhao Ji-
"Zhao Ji, do you know? I've been in a mess lately. She...... How so...... It makes me so anxious - let's go find her, there shouldn't be any problems, right? ”
Zhao Ji nodded in agreement. So, they went out.
It was already completely dark outside. The stars in the sky, submerged in the night sky, were silent, everything was deep and dim. The street lights on the street are on.
"What did you say to her?" Li Heng asked as he walked, pulling down the hat to the edge of his eyebrows, suppressing the handsome eyes of the man.
"Didn't say anything! I met her in less than twenty minutes. Zhao Ji replied, "I told her according to what we had discussed." ”
"Isn't it?"
Li Heng asked with some suspicion.
"Now, we'd better split up. That way, you can find her as soon as possible. Whether you can find it or not, you'll come to me in an hour, and we'll meet up to make up the situation. ”
They hurried down the stone stairs from the homestay on the top of the hill and went straight to the street, where they set off to look for each other.
Zhao Ji quickly walked through all the streets. He looked here and there, hoping to find something, and even looked at the window of Madame Lily's house, and returned to the bank of the little river that flowed quietly in the town.
He ran along the riverbank...... Some people are walking leisurely.
Occasionally, he saw three or four or groups of women.
At this time, he saw a woman's back in front of him that looked very similar to Li Shi, and he hurriedly stepped forward to pat her on the shoulder.
The woman looked back.
Zhao Ji looked at it, but it was not Li Shi. The woman was extremely angry and scolded Zhao Ji: "What are you filming me for, it scared me a lot, you are really a psychopath." ”
Zhao Ji hurriedly apologized and said, "I'm sorry! Mistakenly, your back seems to be ......"
The woman shouted, "Get out!" ”
He knew he was wrong, and he looked elsewhere.
looked everywhere, but didn't see Li Shi.
What makes Zhao Ji distressed is no longer frustration,—— a secret fear and helplessness in his heart is tormenting him, tormenting him, and rubbing him......
An ominous premonition haunted him—he felt more than just fear...... No, what makes Zhao Ji feel is chagrin and regret - this is the saddest regret......
Yes, this is the legendary love – tender and fragile love.
Zhao Ji felt extremely sad - his heart was like a knife, and he couldn't live in pain......
He called out to Li Shi's name in the darkening and hazy night that was getting thicker and thicker—