The two did not get out of the car, and Xu Shiqi let Wen Jialuo take her back into the traffic. She thought the girl would find a relatively small and quiet space, at least have a cup of tea, and then solve her puzzle. But the car drove farther and farther, and finally left the city and turned onto the highway.
Even though the car was closed and he couldn't hear much outside, Xu Shiqiu's ears and heart gradually quieted down as he watched the bright and beautiful night scene of the city slowly turn into a single color. Because he didn't know where the car was heading, Xu Shiqiu simply closed his eyes and took a rest.
When she felt the car finally stop, Xu Shiqi had actually taken a nap. The car was dark, and she could only use a little moonlight to adjust to the light. She tilted her aching neck, and turned around to find that the person in the driver's seat was gone.
After opening the car door, the cars on the highway in the distance were like shooting stars. Xu Shiqi didn't know where he was for a moment. He only saw the girl who drove him standing on a high place not far away. The background was the moonlit night sky with few stars, but she was like a thin silhouette.
Xu Shiqi was not afraid in a completely unfamiliar place. She continued to grope for her location in the moonlight, and felt that the road was uneven. She slowly climbed up and finally stood beside the girl. She looked down and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
In front of her was a shimmering surface of water, as dazzling as silver. Because it was not as vast as the sea, she did not hear any sound of water. There seemed to be a breeze blowing across the water, blowing towards her from a distance. Xu Shiqi closed her eyes and took another breath. The wind was cool, but it was mixed with some strange smell, which was not pleasant. She frowned.
"This is a newly dug artificial lake. The ground under our feet is the slope dug out from the original lake."
Wen Jialuo's voice had calmed down. Xu Shiqi looked at the time on his phone and saw that more than an hour had passed. He didn't know where the car had gone, but he could tell that Wen Jialuo's mood, which had been disturbed by her teasing, had calmed down like the calm lake.
Blowing in the wind of unknown flavor, Xu Shiqi saw that Wen Jialuo had no intention of speaking again, so he asked her: "Have you changed your mind and don't want to talk anymore?"
"There's really nothing to say," Wen Jialuo's voice remained calm and composed, "Didn't you hear about it from my sister?"
Xu Shiqi was silent for a while. He drove such a long way, and then he didn't want to say anything? So it is said that willful people are unreasonable. Xu Shiqi was also a little impatient and couldn't help but laugh: "So, you really haven't grown up? Hurting your family for someone you secretly love?"
"The damage we are doing now," Wen Jialuo muttered to himself as he looked at the silvery water, "is to avoid another, greater damage."
Xu Shiqi was stunned for a moment.
The girl's words were like a sharp arrow shot from afar, piercing her heart. So that's why. Xu Shiqi felt the blood boiling in her heart, and suddenly realized something. She also looked at the water, her expression a little dazed. For some reasons, she might have to give up some things in her life. There was nothing she could do about it, but it was something she insisted on. However, if someone could live a good life but deliberately hurt themselves and others, she would always feel very dissatisfied - dissatisfied with not understanding, dissatisfied with not cherishing.
She had always thought that Wen Jialuo was this kind of girl, who had happiness that could be easily satisfied but turned a blind eye to it, and instead sought those illusory and ethereal feelings to satisfy her own selfish desires, and then dragged others down. Therefore, in just a few times of getting along with the girl, she would easily and without hesitation open her mouth to make things difficult for her.
But that doesn't seem to be the case.
Maybe she, like herself, really has her own difficulties.
No one spoke, even the wind was silent. Wen Jialuo suddenly woke up from the silence, and when he turned around to look at the woman beside him, he happened to fall into a pair of thoughtful eyes.
This woman had a pair of eyes that saw through everything, shining like stars in the sky in the dark night. She reluctantly turned around, secretly annoyed that she had revealed too much information in her previous words. After all, she was just a classmate of her cousin, and she was not familiar with her. But it cannot be denied that some people would wear masks in front of their family members, but would take them off without scruples just because the other person was a stranger.
Well, if you really want to hear it, then I can give you this answer.
Without any warning, Wen Jialuo slowly began to talk about his past.
"He is my senior. When we first entered the school, he was responsible for welcoming us freshmen." Wen Jialuo seemed to smile. "It's just like what is described in those romance novels. He is tall and handsome. He is very gentle when he speaks and very handsome when he plays basketball. He is the most handsome boy on campus. Half of the girls in the department are crazy about him. The love letters he receives every day can be put in a sack, and the tears shed by the girls who cry for him can fill this lake again."
"I am one of those girls, but I have never written a love letter to him, nor have I shed tears for him. I think it is possible to like someone in obscurity. I always thought I was appreciating him, but on the surface I even looked arrogant and dismissive."
"In fact, it was because he was too proud, so he had a very reserved dream." Wen Jialuo said softly. "Finally, a senior sister got his hand, and every day she smiled so hard that the sky and the earth were eclipsed. Because that senior sister was very beautiful, no, beautiful is really not enough to describe it. If half of the girls in the department like me, the senior brother, then half of the boys in the department admire this senior sister. I heard that they entered the school at the same time and had feelings for each other, but probably because of self-esteem or some other reason, both of them were reluctant to confess to each other. I don't know how it ended up, and when I found out, I realized that I couldn't get away, couldn't turn back, and could never forget it."
"When he was everyone's senior, there was no need to forget him. Just looking at him every day was enough. But when he belonged to someone else, even looking at him became painful."
"I didn't know that it would be so painful to have a crush on someone who failed..."
Wen Jialuo's voice gradually became bitter.
"I heard that you didn't find the person you had a crush on?" Xu Shiqi asked softly. According to her description, such a boy must be a standout among chickens, and there is no need to search hard at all.
"Can you believe it? No one, including my parents and my cousin, has ever heard me say this." Wen Jialuo smiled and said, "They only know that I have a crush on someone. But because my senior brother and I don't have any real contact, and secret love is actually a kind of hidden sweetness that no one can discover or share."
Xu Shiqi narrowed her eyes and remained silent. People with high emotional intelligence will suffer. She gradually believed everything the girl said.
"Actually, this is not the point. The point is that after a summer vacation, when I was suffering in my longing, I finally made a decision. No matter what the result is, I should try my best to fight for it so as not to regret it. But after school started, do you know what happened? The two of them got married before graduation." Wen Jialuo seemed to sigh, "What a courage, worthy of being the person I like. So, the words I want to say can no longer be said, and they accumulate in my heart day and night, and it has become a disease."
"In fact, I still have a chance. They will graduate soon, and it's hard to find a job now. I heard that his requirements are high, so he has been wandering in the job market. But I'm different. If I want, I can introduce him to a good job with high salary, decent and promising future. However, if I use this to get him and become a villain like those often played on TV, even I can't stand myself. Even if that happens, I don't know if I can win his heart, or everyone will be hurt in the end."
"My family has very strict discipline and would never allow me to do such a thing, even if he is the only person I love in my life."
"In fact, your family loves you very much. If they love you, they will forgive you for everything." Xu Shiqi said slowly. But at the end, she also shook her head slightly, feeling that what she said was very empty.
"You know what?" Wen Jialuo said slowly, "I heard a saying. There is no way to make everyone happy."
Xu Shiqi felt that the arrow had not been pulled out yet, and the blood in her heart was still flowing slowly, so she felt very cold. She bent her hands and hugged her arms tightly, her lips trembling slightly: "You are right. There is no way to make everyone happy!"
Wen Jialuo turned her head to look at her and saw that she was staring at the water in a daze. She was no longer the calm and composed person who always laughed at her. She thought for a moment and said, "Everyone has their own secrets. I think you have some too."
Xu Shiqi smiled and said, "It's a pity that I don't have the desire to confide in you."
"It's okay," Wen Jialuo shrugged. "Next time when you want to talk, I can spare some time and be your vent."
"Then I have made a complete profit today, right?" Xu Shiqi pretended to be surprised.
Wen Jialuo was silent for a moment, then said frankly: "I'm sorry for saying that to you just now."
Well, the little devil raised pure white wings behind him. Xu Shiqi sniffed lightly, as if being tickled by a feather: "It's okay, it's a fact that I asked your mother for help."
"Whatever you say." Wen Jialuo responded lazily.
Xu Shiqi smiled. Perhaps the girl breathed a sigh of relief because she had exposed those unknown secrets and the darkness in her heart.
"Now that you've said it, do you feel better?"
Wen Jialuo suddenly felt that this woman not only had a nice voice, but was actually quite nice. She turned around and faced Xu Shiqi, and extended her hand very solemnly: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Wen Jialuo, and it's our first time meeting."
Xu Shiqi looked at this hand that was as thin as its owner's and gently held it: "My name is Xu Shiqi, please take care of me."
The two people got to know each other again in a serious manner, and when they saw the smiles in each other's eyes, they felt a lot more relaxed.
"By the way, where is this?" Xu Shiqi finally remembered to ask this question.
Wen Jialuo pointed in a direction and said, "It will take another hour and a half to reach the neighboring city. I have to go to work tomorrow."
"What?" Xu Shiqi exclaimed in a low voice. She saw Wen Jialuo had turned around and walked down the slope, as if he was planning to drive directly to the neighboring city, and she couldn't help but get anxious, "I don't want to go there to work, you have to take me back."
"No, I can't handle this back and forth." Wen Jialuo once again showed his willfulness, "Come with me, and come back tomorrow."
Xu Shiqi took a few quick steps and grabbed her, staring at her and asked, "What if our talk tonight fails? Are you going to leave me on the highway?"
"How could that be?" Wen Jialuo opened the car door and looked around. "Don't you think the environment here is beautiful?"
Xu Shiqi, who had long been accustomed to the surrounding light, followed her gaze and shuddered. Because the two of them were standing next to this deserted artificial lake, what if something happened? She swore that she saw Wen Jialuo's two small canine teeth glowing fiercely.
"Whatever." Xu Shiqi suddenly smiled. "I'll go see how you usually eat. I believe your mother would be willing to discuss this with me. This is also my way of expressing my gratitude to her."
Wen Jialuo first looked at her as if she had seen a ghost, then turned the steering wheel and said impatiently, "Don't always talk about that. Like you said, in my mother's eyes, it's just a matter of one sentence. So don't mention it, okay?"
"Okay." Xu Shiqi nodded and tidied up her long hair.
"I only have one bed, so you have to sleep on the sofa." Wen Jialuo said again.
Xu Shiqi was speechless and just nodded.
"And..." Wen Jialuo lowered his voice, "Please keep the things I told you today a secret for me."
"I understand." Xu Shiqi said clearly.