Secret Love · Orange Raw Huainan

Chapter 58 The Wisdom of Working People

"You go with me, okay?"

"what?"

The two of them woke up at eleven o'clock and missed the first morning of the new year.Luo Zhi was yawning on the bed, and vaguely heard Jiang Baili from the upper bunk asking hesitantly.

"He... Mr. Gu asked me to have lunch with me today."

Luo Zhi was startled, and finished the remaining half of the yawn.

"so what?"

"Didn't I ask?" There was Jiang Baili's violent turning over from the upper bunk, and the bed creaked, "I want you to come with me! I promised him, and he also agreed that I would take my roommate with me. Can you……"

Luo Zhi was about to refuse impatiently, when she looked up and saw Jiang Baili's earnest eyes—the kind of vitality in her eyes seemed to be gone for a long time.

In fact, love is always a war between men and men.The quickest way to forget an old man is to meet a new man.

She didn't tease Jiang Baili, she closed her eyes and lay back on the bed: "What time is it? Can I sleep for another half hour?"

"You look quite happy today."

As soon as Luo Zhi sat in the back row, she heard Gu Zhiye's words as the beginning of her greeting.All he could see was the backs of his and Jiang Baili's heads—Bai Li was supposed to sit in the back seat with her, but she pushed her directly to the co-pilot's side.

"you said I?"

"I'm talking about you. You look much better than when I saw you last night, and you seem to be in a good mood." Gu Zhiye said leisurely.

"Have you seen it?" Belle turned her head to look at Gu Zhiye with great interest.Luo Zhi was at a loss for words for a while, it was impossible for her to truthfully accuse the man sitting in the driver's seat of his perverted behavior last night, but fortunately Gu Zhiye replied in a hurry: "She was with a boy from the student union last night, we said A few words."

Bai Li smiled ghostly at Luo Zhi who was sitting behind: "Sheng Huainan?"

Luo Zhi sighed.

The bright sky erased the dark experience of last night layer by layer. When she thought of the three words "Gu Zhiye", she even doubted whether they had really met.However, seeing the face in the driver's seat turned to greet with a smile, many images flooded into my mind at once: the broken tableware, the overturned table, the inexplicably accosted Gu Zhiye, the distraught Jiang Baili, the domineering Sheng Huainan, the snow-covered path, and that lie that was so absurd that she couldn't get angry.

All the pictures are silent, as if forcibly muted, against the background of the howling wind outside the car window and the yelling of vendors at the school gate, it is fragmented, as if it has been a lifetime away.

"Close the window, I'll turn on the warm air." Gu Zhiye thoughtfully helped Jiang Baili fasten her seat belt, "What did you say yesterday? Want to eat old Beijing snacks? Actually, I haven't eaten them either, they all said nine doors Hehuguo Temple is good, I think it’s better to go to Houhai.”

Houhai.Luo Zhi silently closed her eyes.Jiang Baili, go to hell.

She still didn't talk much, Jiang Baili didn't talk much out of shyness, and Gu Zhiye was the only one left to find some topics from time to time, such as "The final exam is coming soon", "How is the heating in the dormitory", "A few days off for the New Year" , so that the scene is at least not too cold.Fortunately, during the meal, Gu Zhiye and Jiang Baili bravely started to try soybean juice, and happily forced Luo Zhi to take a sip as well, and the three of them got along much better with laughter.

Walking out of the alley where Jiumen Snacks is located, Luo Zhi told the other two people that she wanted to wander around casually.

Belle blushed, eager to keep her, but Gu Zhiye smiled kindly: "Then we can sit somewhere else, it's so cold, you plan to call Belle when you go back to school." Call, maybe I can come and pick you up and send you two back together."

"No, I have an appointment with my brother and sister-in-law at Financial Street tonight, and I won't be going back to school in the afternoon, you go and play."

Luo Zhi watched Gu Zhiye's car leave, and Jiang Baili waved vigorously inside, as if to vent her dissatisfaction with Luo Zhi's escape, but Luo Zhi read her happiness from every wave.

In fact, she really wanted to tease the slightly nervous Belle just now, but she kept silent in the end.Although she and Belle are getting more familiar and getting closer, she still doesn't know how to be a standard girlfriend who is willing to go through the process of adjusting the atmosphere. Besides, even if Belle would agree to Gu Zhiye's lunch invitation, Luo Zhi can't be sure that they are familiar with each other. To what extent.

Sometimes a thief-like question with a smile on his face may scare away the son or brother, and may also hurt a loyal friend.

The most important thing is that Luo Zhi is not sure whether Gu Zhiye is a "good guy" or not.

Luo Zhi stood at the entrance of the alley in a daze, and found that she didn't know the way at all. She just hoped to give those two people a chance to be alone as soon as possible, but found that she had left herself behind.

She never remembers the way, and always has to check the map beforehand and bring it with her. The only time she wandered aimlessly was following Sheng Huainan, which was in Houhai.He laughed arrogantly at the time, and said to her: "Follow me, you are the direction."

You are the direction.

Luo Zhi covered her forehead with her hands, blocking the sunlight reflected on the lake.It's already deep winter, and the willows on both sides of the river have become bald compared to the last time I came here.She walked along the lake aimlessly, occasionally bypassing a few old people who were practicing their voice or sword by the lake, and passed one sleeping bar after another.

She suddenly thought of the uncle who rode a tricycle.The gloomy winter scene is like a still life picture frozen on the drawing board, except Luo Zhi, a bystander, can't find any other angry elements.I don't know if those tricycle drivers who usually slipped around busy attracting customers have all hidden in the deep shadows of the alleys.

At that time, she was still unequivocal, without explaining, without struggling, she would not fall into the cause and effect assumed by the other party.

The coachman smiled and asked: "Girl, it's strange for you to say that, so if someone framed you for murder and is about to take revenge, you don't have to explain?"

framed.

What a crow's mouth.She laughed as she thought about it, but her nose was as sore as if it had been soaked in lemonade.

"Girl wait for someone, or go shopping alone? 100 yuan to take you around?"

Luo Zhi seemed to be struck by lightning, her neck slowly turned around, and she could almost hear the crackling sound of her own bones.

"It's still one hundred...I really only brought twenty..."

The coachman laughed, and she finally saw the uncle's honest and simple face clearly, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and cheeks, and shadows that could not even be illuminated by the blazing afternoon sun.

"Twenty is twenty, come up, and pull you around! I still remember you, hey, by the way, where is your little boyfriend?"

Luo Zhi stopped walking towards the small tricycle, she paused, and quickly chose among the three answers "He is not my boyfriend", "Master, who are you talking about", "We broke up", and finally smiled Say, "We...we had a fight."

This answer surprised her, as if what came out of her mouth was the real thought.

It truly reflects how unwilling she is to give up.

The tricycle master saw Luo Zhi's depression, and extended his hand to say hello twice: "Okay, girl, there is no quarrel between the young lovers, for the reason of your quarrel, I will wipe off another ten yuan for you. "

The carriage made of plastic cloth and cardboard couldn’t block the wind at all. Luo Zhi tightened her coat tightly, looked up at the back of the tricycle driver with some worry, saw him wearing gloves through the gaps under his arms, and felt at ease. Some.

"Master...why didn't you introduce Hutong?"

"You don't listen to me, you don't think about it here, do you still miss your boyfriend?"

Even though she was alone, Luo Zhi blushed in embarrassment when she heard him say "boyfriend boyfriend".

"Girl, why are you two bickering?"

"Because..." Luo Zhi was speechless.

A small lie at the beginning of the dialogue needs to be supported by a whole set of fictional plots.There is a story behind every lie, sometimes about the liar, sometimes about the person being lied to.For the first time, Luo Zhi clearly felt the selfish desire and sadness hidden behind those lies.

The stories that are spoken are like the top of an iceberg, and the truths are hidden under the surface of the sea, hidden and huge.

For example, she used those coincidences and surprises to deceive Sheng Huainan; another example, Ye Zhanyan used a crystal to overthrow the sweetness that Luo Zhi painstakingly created.

Everything that happened last night still can't make Luo Zhi feel the slightest bit of anger.Maybe it's because the story is too bad, maybe it's because the perpetrator has faded to two indifferent names for her, maybe it's because she herself is not innocent.

Luo Zhi suddenly discovered that the context of this story was so simple.

Ye Zhanyan and Ding Shuijing used their lies to defeat Luo Zhi's lies.

Only Sheng Huainan was left standing in the middle, trying to find out the truth.

Thinking about it this way, Sheng Huainan, who was being robbed and robbed, was a little dignified and stubborn when he was cheated - why did she hate him?He was the one who was cheated.

"It's just a misunderstanding," Luo Zhi smiled, "Because..."

She took a deep breath.

"We were classmates in high school, but I was not his first girlfriend. A few days ago, his ex-girlfriend suddenly came and said that the two of them broke up because of a misunderstanding. She framed me and said that the misunderstanding was caused by me. "

Although it was a clumsy and brief story, when she spoke, her tone unconsciously contained a sense of grievance and coquettishness, as if she had entered the drama in an instant.Luo Zhi couldn't help being speechless.

"Then girl, tell the truth, did you do it?"

"No, she's talking nonsense!"

She actually spoke louder and louder, and the ending sound was very wronged.

In front of the person involved, she insisted on refusing to explain, and made a high-profile gesture of understanding and indifference, but in front of irrelevant outsiders, she was haggling and filled with righteous indignation—Luo Zhi had to admit that she had wrongly blamed Sheng Huainan.Although he did many stupid things to hurt her, but at this point, his understanding of her is still correct.

If you want to save face and suffer, you can only bring your worries to strangers to seek justice.

"Then you explain it to him! Isn't this bullying nonsense?" The tricycle driver also yelled loudly, but Luo Zhi was discouraged.

"It's useless."

"Is it because you explained that he didn't listen, or that you didn't want to explain at all, or that you were afraid that he wouldn't listen to you even if you explained it, what a shame?"

The masses of the people are very wise, and a few simple words from the tricycle master poked Luo Zhi's face full of holes.She doesn't speak anymore.

The tricycle started to climb the hill, and the master stood up to ride again. The pedals of the tricycle creaked miserably.Finally going up, he let out a long breath, coughed a few times, and suddenly turned around and smiled at her.

"Girl, my words are harsh, but the truth is this, you just make do with it."

"……You say."

"I think, where do so many misunderstandings come from in a person's life? They are all made by themselves. If your boyfriend and his former girl are really in love with each other, no misunderstanding can be broken up. Misunderstandings are nothing. Both of them are too good to wear a pair of trousers, so they should point at each other's nose and scold their mothers, and if they don't explain clearly, they will die together! ——The words are not rough, girl, don't take it to heart."

The car turned a corner, and like a silent scarecrow, she leaned to one side along with the car.

"So, it's over when they're done playing. You have to be tougher. Have you ever seen an old cow guarding a calf? I didn't mean that, but that's your man. You have to stand up and explain what you have to explain." , you are his girlfriend, if he dares to believe you or not, he will slap you until he understands!"

Luo Zhi was dumbfounded, her mouth half-opened, speechless.

The master's voice changed: "Of course, you have to coax me back after you're done fanning. Just teach me a lesson behind your back. Men want face."

Seeing that she just nodded stupidly, the master stopped and jumped out of the car.

"Come on, girl, don't play around with me. If you have time, you might as well go to him quickly. If you don't understand him, just call him and I'll educate him for you!"

Luo Zhi looked at the master's black face with ravines and horizontal lines, and gradually recovered her senses.She seemed to be infected by the atmosphere, she jumped out of the car briskly, rubbed her face stiffened by the cold wind, and tried her best to laugh as much as possible:
"Well, I'll go right away! ——I'll bring you here after I've trained it!"

"Go! Girl, don't embarrass me!"

She bounced to the entrance of the alley, turned her head and waved to the tricycle uncle, with a childish smile on her face, and her heart felt as comfortable as soaking in warm water at 42°C.Then he was blown by the cold wind and suddenly woke up.

She was his girlfriend, and she bet that he loved her and he would believe her.If he didn't believe it, she beat him.

The sweet little story that was made up was written by the uncle with a very good ending.She herself had sweet dreams for 10 minutes in this story.

However, this is not the story of Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan.

Luo Zhi turned her head and stared at the warm sun on the vast lake, hidden behind the thin clouds, which made people feel unhappy for no reason.

Suddenly, Zhu Yan's cool words sounded in my ears.

"Hypocritical."

Yes, she has been doing things for so long, carefully writing such a script, a script that has to be defended with lies even in front of irrelevant tricycle masters, and now it has been maliciously changed by others, does she really want to Suppress the resentment in your heart, and make a gesture of resigning yourself to fate and purging yourself? !
Luo Zhi saw her blurred figure on the glass of the door of a small shop that was "closed for business" beside her.She suddenly thought of the pale but determined girl reflected in the full-length mirror of the main building in high school.

It was dim, but there was an unshakable light in his eyes.Even though she couldn't control the bright yellow suspender dress back then, she still held expectations for the future in her heart.

There will be many colorful sundresses in the future.The future will be exciting and different.

She is not reconciled after all.

Go talk to him.

Luo Zhi told herself in her heart.

She was so clear in her heart that she was trembling with excitement, as if she couldn't wait to see him.At this moment, the phone vibrated in his pocket, "Calling from Luoyang".

"Brother, what's the matter? Has the dinner plan changed?"

"That's not true. Are you busy this afternoon?"

She grinned and laughed, and decided not to rush to find Sheng Huainan, so she said brightly, "It's okay."

"Exactly, do me a favor."

Luo Zhi was already late when she came out of Exit A of the Xidan subway.She asked several people but couldn't tell the way, and came to a desolate main road in a daze, and there was still no sign of the "×× steak" that she had made an appointment with Luoyang.She forgot to charge her phone last night, and now the screen is dark, unable to contact Luoyang.It was only 06:30, and the road was already deserted. Occasionally, a few taxis passed by. After thinking about it, she seemed to have to stop a taxi and ask for it at the risk of being flattened.

Luo Zhi took out a coin and tossed it into the air, deciding to turn the front to the left and the back to the right.When the one-yuan coin fell to the ground, it didn't stop clinking, and it rolled forward all the way.She hurried to catch up, bent down a few times but couldn't catch it, so she could only follow like a chicken pecking rice in embarrassment.The coin finally lay down at the fork in the road, and she let out a breath.

Straight ahead, turn left.

Luo Zhi raised her head and saw an eye-catching couple five meters away on the sidewalk on the left, and a small orange signboard behind them, "×× Steak".

Really accurate.Luo Zhi smiled.

Sheng Huainan and Ye Zhanyan were standing in front of her, obviously very surprised by the appearance of "Cheng Yaojin" who chased after the coins.

Luo Zhi's first reaction was to laugh.It wasn't a polite reflex of meeting an acquaintance—she just thought it was funny, and it was so funny.Involuntarily, the soul seemed to float into the air, and began to play the role of God, looking down at the situation he was in with compassion.

"Happy New Year."

She swore that she had never smiled so brightly in her life.

(End of this chapter)