"I lived by the sea when I was a child, and I saw fishermen go out to sea. Sometimes there would be people who didn't escape the storm. If the boat didn't return, the family knew something was wrong, because in that place, this kind of thing happened all the time. I saw women many times , The old man and the child were crying bitterly by the sea. So, why do you have to go into the storm that you can avoid?"
The car is running at high speed, and the speed is always maintained at the edge of speeding. Ling Xiao's driving skills are very good, and just as Xu Tingsheng guessed, his driving attitude is rigorous and serious, he really cherishes his life. She looked ahead, and suddenly said something as if she was talking to herself. Because of this, the words don't feel threatening.
The relationship between Xu Tingsheng and Fang Yuqing, as an opponent, it is impossible for Ling Xiao not to understand. Therefore, Xu Tingsheng thought that he didn't need to respond to this sentence.
"Don't touch that piece of land and don't retreat?! Are you really selfish?" Ling Xiao muttered again, with a bit of bewilderment in his tone, which he couldn't understand.
Am I selfish? Maybe not at first, but then? Xu Tingsheng had never thought about this question before, but now he was brought in by this muttering. He thought about it for a while and was pretty sure he had.
He is eager to grow up, experience, skills, skills...he wants it all. In the past, he felt that he was not such a material, and he did not force it, but now he suddenly hopes that he can also be like those calm and confident people. If you want to fall, you also fall when you are powerless, not because you are underdeveloped or ignorant. He also wanted a stronger background and foundation. Except for the Fang family, he had never made any efforts in this area before, but it was different now.
The reason for this difference, Xu Tingsheng tried to deny but failed, was because of the words that the mysterious woman named Zhou Yuandai said at the airport: time is running out, hurry up.
This sentence was originally normal, but it was like an inexplicable threat or warning, but it was always in Xu Tingsheng's mind and could not be erased.
"What did she guess? What does she want to do? What can she do?..."
…
Ling Xiao became silent because of two consecutive questions that never came back. Xu Tingsheng didn't speak because he was so preoccupied, he just smoked one cigarette after another. The two were not friends, or even enemies, so it was supposed to be in this state.
It took about an hour to drive from Yanzhou to Xihu City, and more than half of it was in such silence.
The wind blew the cigarette ash that Xu Tingsheng couldn't flick off onto her white shirt, Ling Xiao finally turned his head once, and said, "Oh, you..."
When Xu Tingsheng came back to his senses, he was stunned for two seconds, then subconsciously threw the cigarette out of the car, and said in embarrassment, "Sorry, I was negligent."
"No. I want to say, can you give me one too?" Ling Xiao drove the car seriously, and said seriously.
"Ah?! Didn't you say that in order to have a baby..." Xu Tingsheng looked at her suspiciously.
"To be honest, I don't really believe that. I remember, once my mother told me that after the family had three sons, my father didn't plan to have another one. It was just that one day, he and two comrades smoked and drank late I was born when I was drunk... But you see, I am also very smart and healthy." Ling Xiao smiled exaggeratedly, put aside the embarrassment of boasting, and continued: "It was only they who said so, and I Listen. I suddenly want to smoke now. Give me one."
Xu Tingsheng handed over the smoke and fire.
"I'm driving." Ling Xiao said seriously, "Help me some."
Xu Tingsheng healed and took out a cigarette, ready to stuff it into her mouth.
This action made both parties a little embarrassed and embarrassed. Ling Xiao gave him a helpless look, and said dejectedly: "Forget it, I will change your car at the rest stop in front."
The two stopped at a rest stop for a cigarette. In the second half of the journey, Xu Tingsheng drove the car. Ling Xiao looked at it nervously for a while. Xu Tingsheng drove a Maserati for the first time in his life, he didn't dare to speed up and drove cautiously. Ling Xiao was very satisfied with his attitude.
So the second half of the journey was Xu Tingsheng driving, Ling Xiao smoking one cigarette after another.
"What's on your mind?" Xu Tingsheng asked tentatively.
"Concentrate on driving", Ling Xiao reminded first, and then said, "Just seeing you, I suddenly feel envious. I once hoped and thought that I would become someone like you..."
While talking, she handed a cigarette to Xu Tingsheng's mouth.
It was only after Xu Tingsheng put it in his mouth that he realized that the cigarette was lit. It was impolite to spit it out on the spot, so he just smoked it.
Ling Xiao turned his head to look at his side face intently, and then suddenly burst out laughing, so much that he bent down and put his head down. If Xu Tingsheng stepped on the brakes at this time, she would have to do a pose like a wild goose with her butt facing the sky... She was wearing a short skirt.
"What's the matter?" Xu Tingsheng asked, puzzled by the laughter.
Ling Xiao straightened up, covered his mouth with one hand and smiled, and took off the cigarette dangling from his mouth with the other. Then he pointed to the red mark on the filter tip, and proudly said: "I just added thick lipstick on purpose... I took a sip on the cigarette. Now... you, haha, your lips are so red..."
She entertained herself for a while like a little girl who succeeded in playing a prank, but after noticing Xu Tingsheng's slightly embarrassed expression, she realized that this was actually a very ambiguous move.
After a brief silence, Ling Xiao opened his mouth to break the embarrassment, pretending to be joking: "I knew I wouldn't tell you. See how you explain it to your little girlfriend later..."
Xu Tingsheng collected himself, and said unexpectedly, "You all know this?"
"Who doesn't know about the upper circles in Yanzhou?" Ling Xiao asked back, and then said, "It's just that you haven't offended anyone all this time, so no one wants to get involved in this bad luck. Everyone is giving you face, not saying it's bad. But, like this It seems that a group of people are wasting their time in vain. There are a group of people in Yanzhou these few months, instead of eating in private restaurants, they go to eat in your father-in-law's small restaurant. I hope to meet you there and let you know what they are doing. To save face, get familiar with you and make some friendship. This is not to say that your status is really up to that point, but you are really making money. You are like a Vegas casino. The gambler who suddenly appeared on the Internet and won everything, who wouldn't want to follow?"
Xu Tingsheng pondered for a moment after listening, and said, "This is also one of the reasons why you want me to quit?"
Ling Xiao said unabashedly: "Yes. In this case, if there is any situation on our side, we will be at a disadvantage. Someone will rush to you and pick up this friendship that comes in handy."
Xu Tingsheng nodded.
"Actually, you'd better pay attention to this issue. I think if someone really wants to fish in troubled waters this time and play tricks on you, they will probably start with that little girl. We won't do this, but it doesn't mean others won't .”
Ling Xiao said another sentence.
Whether this sentence is false or true, sincere or false, reminder or distraction, kindness or threat... Xu Tingsheng couldn't judge, so naturally he couldn't respond.
Keep things in mind, keep calm on the face. In order to avoid this topic, Xu Tingsheng asked instead: "By the way, you said that your current name is just a combination of the surnames of two families, so what was your original name?"
He just casually picked up a topic, but just by asking, Ling Xiao felt desolate and lonely as if from spring to autumn.
"I think I'm actually a person without a name. As long as I can remember, I've been called Ling Xiao. This incident was used to represent the alliance between Ling and Xiao. Since I was very young, everyone has been with me. Emphasize that my name is Ling Xiao, because I am the common daughter of Ling and Xiao, two mothers, two fathers, there is no distinction between being close or not."
"There is always an original name."
"Maybe, but no one ever told me. Even if I asked. They never said."
"Then you guess one."
"Huh? Guess?... Okay. I think, maybe... Ling Xiaoqing?... Ling Xiaocui? Ling Xiaohua?"
"Lingling paint."
"Puchi...don't make trouble."
"Then, hello Ling Xiaoqing. Let me meet you. My name is Xu Tingsheng."
"Ah? I... hello. I'm Ling, Ling, Ling... Ling Xiaoqing."
Ling Xiao had a name. from her enemies.