After leaving Gu Junlin's apartment, Wen Xinya looked at her watch. It was already half past eleven in the evening. She took the car and went to Zhou's house.
Some things should be dealt with sooner rather than later. In the past, Gu Junlin and Zhou Tianyu were childhood sweethearts, and even if their relationship had not made any progress, she had never thought of intervening in their affairs. But now that they had gotten to this point, as a friend, she could no longer stay out of it.
It was already midnight and there were few cars on the road, so traffic was very smooth. Wen Xinya arrived at Zhou's house quickly.
However, Wen Xinya did not drive the car to Zhou's house, but parked the car on a side road not far from Zhou's house. She called Zhou Tianyu: "I'm at the side road near your house, come out and talk!"
After saying that, Wen Xinya hung up the phone without giving Zhou Tianyu a chance to refuse.
About ten minutes later, Zhou Tianyu finally arrived. Wen Xinya opened the car door and got out. She slowly walked in front of Zhou Tianyu and suddenly reached out and slapped Zhou Tianyu hard.
The crisp sound of slapping seemed particularly clear in the dark and silent night.
Zhou Tianyu subconsciously covered his beaten face and looked at Wen Xinya in silence. Wen Xinya was only wearing a thin coat and standing in the dim night illuminated by the street lights. Her figure looked particularly thin.
Winter in the north is extremely cold, especially at night, when the wind is biting. Zhou Tianyu looked at today's weather forecast and the lowest temperature at night is minus four degrees Celsius.
Wen Xinya just looked at her quietly, her tone mixed with anger: "I slapped him on behalf of Gu Junlin. He has been in love with you for more than ten years. How could you bear to do this to him?"
At this moment, Wen Xinya was really annoyed with Zhou Tianyu. Even though she knew that Zhou Tianyu had her own difficulties, no matter how great the difficulties were, she could not hurt Gu Junlin in such an unclear way.
Gu Junlin is so innocent, he has to bear Zhou Tianyu's ambiguous feelings for no apparent reason, and is heartbroken alone.
The night was colder than she had imagined. Zhou Tianyu was soon frozen to the point of being shivering all over. She said in a dry voice, "Junlin...did he tell you everything?"
Zhou Tianyu knew that sooner or later they would know about going abroad, but for some reason, facing such a fierce Wen Xinya, she didn't know how to face it.
"If Gu Junlin hadn't found out about this by accident, were you planning to just walk away without telling any of us, completely betraying Junlin's true feelings for you?" Wen Xinya asked instead of answering, her voice sharp and aggressive.
Zhou Tianyu lowered his head and did not answer her, but chose to remain silent.
Silence always represents different meanings at different times. Sometimes it is silent resistance, sometimes it is speechless silence, but more often it is acquiescence.
Wen Xinya laughed, but she was angry. She suddenly raised her voice and said angrily, "Zhou Tianyu, it seems that I overestimated you. We have known each other for many years, but neither of us saw clearly that you are such a cowardly and selfish person. Have you ever thought about where we, a group of friends who have known each other for many years, will be placed if you just walk away like this, and how little Gu Ziqing will feel?"
Wen Xinya never thought that Zhou Tianyu actually wanted to leave.
At this moment, she really felt sorry and even sad for the man who told her firmly "unless I die".
“I’m sorry…” Zhou Tianyu knew that what she did was wrong, but she didn’t have the courage to face her friends’ questions, let alone Gu Junlin’s injured face. She was afraid that she would change her mind uncontrollably.
But now she has no way out.
Wen Xinya interrupted her angrily: "The person you feel sorry for is not me, but Gu Junlin. He has loved you for more than ten years. He is not your capital to hurt him, nor is he a reason for you to play with him."
Zhou Tianyu raised her head in panic and opened her mouth to explain: "Xinya, I didn't mean to play with Junlin on purpose. He has liked me for so many years. Maybe I was really ignorant at the beginning and treated him as a buddy or a best friend, but then I... I..."
When he finished speaking, Zhou Tianyu's throat seemed to be stuck by something.
Wen Xinya asked, "What happened to you later?"
This is probably what Gu Junlin wants to hear the most.
However, Zhou Tianyu's panicked face gradually dimmed, and finally she slowly lowered her head: "Xinya, no matter what you say, I have decided to go to the UK and will not change it. Say sorry to Gu Junlin for me, let him forget me, find a woman who truly loves him and live a good life."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Under the dim street lights, her body looked unusually thin, and her shadow was stretched out very long, carrying a sense of loneliness.
Wen Xinya was furious: "Zhou Tianyu, why don't you dare to say this to him in person? Because you know very well that Gu Junlin loves you deeply, and it is impossible for him to forget that you have fallen in love with another woman. You are so selfish. Do you know what little Gu Zi has become now?"
As expected, Wen Xinya's words made Zhou Tianyu's hurried steps stop suddenly. She rushed over, took Wen Xinya's hand and asked nervously: "He, what happened to him?"
The trembling voice was full of fear.
"Not good. He drank a lot, so much that he almost got alcohol poisoning. If he hadn't vomited it out in time, he would have lost half his life. He vomited half a basin of gastric juice and bile. He was confused and kept talking nonsense. He couldn't rest for a moment. If you really just left like this, he would probably collapse like this, living a life of drunkenness and dreams all day long. This kind of life worse than death is what you want to see."
Wen Xinya couldn't help feeling sad when she thought about how she saw Gu Junlin today.
Zhou Tianyu trembled, and suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying heartbrokenly: "Wuwuwuwu... I don't want this, I really don't want this... I want to be with him and love him well, to make up for his dedication to me for more than ten years, I don't want to hurt him, I really don't want to..."
The person she least wants to hurt in this world is Gu Junlin.
Wen Xinya couldn't help crying, squatting on the ground and hugging Zhou Tianyu: "Tianyu, do you know? Xiao Guzi has been working hard during this period, not because of a brain injury, but because he wants to become stronger and hold up a sky for you. I asked him if he had ever thought of giving up on you, do you know what he said?"
Zhou Tianyu just broke down and cried.
"He said, it's impossible, unless I die!" In the night wind, this sentence sounded unusually solemn.