The music on the dance floor had just changed. Compared to the previous noisy rock music, this wave was obviously gentler.
So, Xu Tingbai could clearly hear the woman's voice behind him.
The moment the sound hit his eardrum, it seemed as if something was growing wildly in his brain. He had never specifically memorized a person's voice, but at that moment his body seemed to have developed a kind of inertia, and when the sound line appeared, he naturally and quickly identified it.
Xu Tingbai turned around and fixed his eyes on the woman's face. His heart seemed to rise to his throat in an instant, and he was so choked that he froze.
"Chen Ke, forget it!" Xia Tan and a few friends who were originally in the booth also followed. Xia Tan glanced at Lin Qingle and said, "Forget it, forget it, it's not that serious."
Chen Ke: "Our CEO Xu doesn't have the final say. He said if there is a problem, call the police."
Xia Tan looked at Xu Tingbai: "Tingbai, give me some face, I know this girl, let it go."
However, after he finished speaking, he found that something was wrong with Xu Tingbai. Not only did he notice it, but everyone else present also noticed that Xu Tingbai was different.
Xu Tingbai said nothing, but kept looking at the girl in front of him.
Almost all of them are second-generation rich people who returned from overseas. They had a good relationship with Xu Tingbai when they were abroad. In their eyes, Xu Tingbai has a dull and even a little cold personality.
He has always been devoted to his studies and work. Although there were many girls who pursued him openly before, he never looked at them straight in the eye...
What happened today
Lin Qingle met Xu Tingbai's gaze, and his voice couldn't help but tremble: "We apologize for his matter, and we will pay as much as we deserve... Can we settle it privately?"
It was her voice, even the pauses and tense tones were identical.
Xu Tingbai took a deep breath and turned his eyes away. At this moment, he felt a force pulling at his chest, which was extremely ecstatic and extremely lonely. He was struggling and confused between these two extremes... He didn't know how to start.
When he calmed down a little and looked back at her, there was already a hint of bloodshot in his eyes.
He slowly said, "Okay."
Lin Qingle: "Thank you..."
Lin Qingle didn't allow herself to look at Xu Tingbai again. She looked at Huang Chengxu: "Wait for me at the door."
Huang Chengxu was relieved to see that the problem was solved: "Then the money..."
"I'll give it to you."
"Okay." Huang Chengxu looked at her gratefully and hurried downstairs.
"How much is it? I'll transfer it to you." Lin Qingle said to Chen Ke.
Chen Ke glanced at Xu Tingbai and said, "But—"
"No need." Xu Tingbai looked at her and said, "It's okay."
Chen Ke: “?”
Even though Xu Tingbai was talking to her, Lin Qingle didn't look at him. She just looked at Chen Ke and said, "I'll call you. It's for your clothes, wine, and the money to go to the hospital. After all, he was wrong."
Chen Ke coughed lightly and looked at his other friends around him somewhat at a loss.
Lin Qingle: "Otherwise, you guys first check how much the loss is, and I will contact Mr. Xia then?"
"Okay, okay." Chen Ke patted Xia Tan, "You two know each other, right? I'll leave it to you then."
Xia Tan's gaze moved between Xu Tingbai and Lin Qingle, and he forgot to respond.
"Then I'll go first. I'm really sorry for today." After Lin Qingle said this, he actually went straight downstairs to the bar.
She walked past him without any sign of stopping.
Xu Tingbai's heart twitched, and before anyone could react, he turned around and chased after him.
After the two figures disappeared at the stairs, the others began to look at each other in shock.
"That was our Mr. Xu just now, right?"
"What's wrong with Tingbai today? Did he fall for that girl? He didn't even move his eyes."
"Fuck, isn't this a bit explosive? She was so calm before, but now she falls in love at first sight? Is she chasing after me now?"
"Oh no... Do they know each other? I felt like Ting Bai looked strange just now. His eyes were so red, as if he was about to cry."
"That's not the case, is it? Why are you crying?" Chen Ke looked at Xia Tan, "You are the most familiar with him. Don't you know that girl? Does Ting Bai know her too?"
Xia Tan frowned and shook his head.
Xu Tingbai didn't know whether he knew Lin Qingle or not, but he clearly saw that his eyes were really red just now.
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Lin Qingle felt like she was running away, but she didn't know what she was running away from.
Along the way, her ears were filled with the sound of music. She squeezed through the crowd and walked through the corridor. Her feet were running, but her brain seemed to be stuck and could not move.
"Lin Qingle!"
When I finally reached the door of the bar, I heard that familiar voice behind me.
She had no choice but to stand still.
"Lin Qingle." He called her name as if to confirm.
She turned her head slowly.
The light at the entrance of the bar was mixed, and the blue spotlights cast bright and ambiguous shadows, making the night seem restless. At this moment, the man was standing under these lights and shadows, wearing a shirt and trousers, looking serious and cold, which was out of tune with the strangeness here.
She looked at him, her eyes trembling slightly.
Xu Tingbai took a few steps forward, getting closer to her. He lowered his eyes to look at her, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse.
He said, "I am Xu Tingbai."
Lin Qingle secretly took a deep breath, then smiled at him: "Yeah... I know."
Xu Tingbai clenched his fists, and because he squeezed too hard, his palms hurt: "You know, why didn't you say hello to me just now?"
"I, I thought you didn't recognize me." Lin Qingle still smiled, but her smile was distant and did not reach her eyes. She said, "I didn't expect to run into you here. We haven't seen each other for so long. I was afraid that you wouldn't remember me even if I said hello."
How is that possible.
Lin Qingle: "Um... Long time no see, are your eyes able to see fully now?"
Xu Tingbai: “Yes.”
"That's great, congratulations."
“Hmm…” Xu Tingbai had been looking at her. It turned out that the person he had been longing to see would look like this when she grew up.
"I'm really sorry about what happened today. Please apologize to your friend on my behalf."
"It's okay." Xu Tingbai thought for a moment and said, "So how have you been lately—"
"Qingle, are you leaving?" Suddenly, someone interrupted him.
Huang Chengxu waited outside the bar for a while. He turned around and saw Lin Qingle coming out and walking towards him.
Xu Tingbai swallowed back what he was about to say when he saw the strange man approaching.
Lin Qingle glanced at Huang Chengxu and said to Xu Tingbai: "Then we'll see each other next time. I still have to take him to the hospital and can't stay here any longer."
Xu Tingbai glanced at the man and his lips tightened slightly.
"Well, bye."
She didn't hesitate or stop, as if she just met a friend she hadn't seen for a long time and needed some awkward socializing.
Then she left quickly, hailed a taxi and joined the man.
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The taxi drove towards the nearest hospital. Lin Qingle lowered the window a little and stared blankly at the traffic passing by outside.
My heart was pounding, but I felt inexplicably empty.
She didn't expect that she would be able to talk to Xu Tingbai so calmly after meeting him again, and she didn't know why she could do it... She just felt that this seemed to be the only reasonable thing to do.
She is not the sixteen-year-old Lin Qingle, and he is not the sixteen-year-old Xu Tingbai.
Eight years had passed between them and the past. During these eight years, she went from expectation to disappointment, from anger to sadness... and then to numbness.
When we met again, they had both grown up. It was nice to see that he had a new life and his eyesight had been restored.
She couldn't say anything more to him, and she didn't want to say anything more.
"Qingle, I'm sorry to bother you today." Huang Chengxu saw that she was still in a bad mood and apologized awkwardly.
Lin Qingle closed the car window: "You are sorry for Tingting, I was just asked by her to come."
Huang Chengxu: "I, I know... I shouldn't have been impulsive today. I will pay you back the money you paid for it."
Lin Qingle glanced at him and said, "Tingting likes you very much. Can you please not disappoint her again? Did you think about her before you did it?"
"sorry… "
"Forget it, I don't want to say more about what happened between you two." Lin Qingle leaned back in his chair, feeling a little tired. "I just hope you can think more about her. She's very tired at work, so don't let her worry about you anymore."
After sending Huang Chengxu to the hospital and watching him take medicine, Lin Qingle went home.
It was late at night when she got home, and she changed into her pajamas again. But she couldn't sleep, her mind was full of the scene of meeting him in the bar today.
She sat on the sofa in the living room, telling herself over and over again that this was just a friend from the past, just an event from the past, and she shouldn't care about it anymore... But her brain was out of control, and his image kept popping up in her mind.
"Oh my God? What are you doing? Sitting here in the middle of the night?" Dong Xiaoni came out of the room to go to the bathroom and was startled to see someone sitting in the dim living room.
Lin Qingle: "No... I haven't slept at all."
"Ah? Didn't you just take a shower and go to bed?"
"Tingting's boyfriend had some trouble in the bar. I went to see him, but he was fine and went home."
Dong Xiaoni: "Tsk... It's Huang Chengxu again. Tell me what's going on. Tingting is a nice guy, why do you like him?"
Lin Qingle rubbed his temple. One person's feelings towards another person are not something that he can control. "I don't know..."
Dong Xiaoni: "Hey. Since you haven't slept yet so late today, don't go with Yangyang tomorrow. Just take a rest."
The guide dogs Yangyang and Xiaquan have not yet passed the running-in period, and the trainer needs to follow and take notes. Originally, Dong Xiaoni had something to do tomorrow, so she asked Lin Qingle to help observe and take notes, but now she saw that she was awake at night and couldn't bear to disturb her.
Lin Qingle shook his head: "Don't you have to go back home tomorrow for something? Don't worry, I'm not tired, and you don't have to go early tomorrow. Leave Yangyang and Xiaquan to me, you can go back."
"Is that really okay?"
"OK."
"Then go to bed now. It's not good to stay up late."
Lin Qingle: “Okay, I understand…”:,,,