The road out of the city was wide and smooth at night, but it was pitch black. Ye Sibei held the steering wheel and looked ahead nervously.
The speed on the dashboard showed 30 mph, and the car was moving forward in the dark like a turtle. Qin Nan sat in the passenger seat, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and looked at the road ahead with a slightly solemn expression.
When the car reached a sidewalk, Ye Sibei stepped on the brakes, honked the horn, and drove slowly.
Qin Nan looked at the standard operation of the driving school and couldn't help but ask, "How long have you had your driver's license?"
"Don't talk to me," Ye Sibei stared at the road, "I'm nervous."
After hearing what Qin Nan said, he took a deep puff of cigarette, turned his head away, and calmed himself down.
At this moment, an hour had passed since their escape plan. Due to Ye Sibei's "safe driving", they didn't even reach the highway. At this speed, even Qin Nan, who had a calm temper, felt a little anxious.
"Or I'll do it."
Qin Nan crushed the cigarette and made up his mind. Ye Sibei shook her head and looked ahead, extremely stubborn.
"No," she said seriously, "I want to drive myself."
Qin Nan paused. He glanced at the speed on the dashboard and felt a little desperate. Then he looked at Ye Sibei's serious expression. He sat up straight, thought for a moment, and told her, "It's not impossible for you to drive, but you have to remember one thing."
"What?"
"Driving at a speed lower than 100 on the highway," Qin Nan said in a serious tone, "is against the law."
Ye Sibei: “…”
Ye Sibei drove slowly, but she drove very persistently. Qin Nan dozed off in the middle of the drive, woke up groggily, looked around and saw that the car was still driving, then fell asleep again. This repeated several times. When Qin Nan woke up, he found that they had stopped in an open-air parking lot. Ye Sibei was sleeping soundly on the driver's seat. The sky was still pitch black, with a little light in the distance.
Qin Nan turned his head and looked around, and saw a big billboard next to him. On the billboard, there was a little tiger with arms outstretched, and it said "G City Amusement Park welcomes you!"
Qin Nan looked at the billboard, then turned to look at the woman lying on the steering wheel, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
She actually got it.
He lit a cigarette in the middle of the night, looking at her profile which was somewhat distorted by the pressure, and suddenly he was no longer sleepy.
It seemed like he was meeting Ye Sibei for the first time, or watching Ye Sibei's return.
This woman has such tenacious vitality, she is stubborn and persistent, he just needs to sit in the car and she can drive the car to the destination.
He stared at her and didn't even notice the passage of time.
The sun rose slowly and set on Ye Sibei's face. Voices of people gradually filled the surroundings. Shops opened one after another. Breakfast vendors set up their stalls. Ye Sibei slowly opened his eyes.
Qin Nan was walking around in the open space outside the car. When he saw Ye Sibei standing up, he walked to the car window and called her, "Get out of the car, find a place to wash up, and go eat something."
Ye Sibei got off the car, and the two of them took out their toothbrushes and cups, found a public toilet, and went to have breakfast together after washing up.
"Where are we going later?"
"I want to go to the amusement park," Ye Sibei lowered his head and ate noodles, "I used to work here, but I never went there."
"Oh," Qin Nan nodded, "Me too, I've never been here before."
After they had their meal, they bought tickets to enter the park. There wasn't a long queue in the morning, so they got on the roller coaster together and fastened their seat belts. Ye Sibei turned to look at Qin Nan and asked, "Are you scared?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" The roller coaster started slowly, Qin Nan said nonchalantly, "I'm a grown man... F*ck!!"
Amidst the screams, Ye Sibei heard Qin Nan's inappropriate "fuck", and his screams turned into broken laughter.
The roller coaster went up and down. After getting off, Qin Nan rushed to the trash can and retched. Ye Sibei quickly got some water and looked at him worriedly: "Are you okay?"
Qin Nan waved his hand, stood up and drank some water. The two of them rested for a while and went to the next stop together.
Ye Sibei was afraid that she would think too much, so she went all the way to the thrilling challenge. During the break, she saw a carousel and she and Qin Nan played rock-paper-scissors, and whoever lost would go on. Qin Nan lost the game, so she forced him to wear a child's cow horn headband and ride on the carousel with a group of children.
The children and parents kept looking back to see what was wrong with this tall and strong man with a cold face. Ye Sibei stood aside taking pictures and couldn't stop laughing.
Ye Sibei laughed so hard that he became much braver. He dragged Qin Nan to go bungee jumping. The two of them tied themselves with safety ropes. Qin Nan stood on the side, pretending to be calm, but he didn't move forward. Ye Sibei stood behind him and asked again, "Are you afraid to jump?"
"Why wouldn't you dare?"
Qin Nan glanced down and his expression became even uglier: "I'll make some more preparations."
"Get used to it," Ye Sibei helped him walk forward, "Stand here on the edge first, just stand here, don't worry, you won't fall down..."
Before he could finish his words, Ye Sibei pushed him violently. Qin Nan grabbed her and shouted, "Ye Sibei!!!"
“Ahhh!!!”
The two of them fell rapidly together. Qin Nan subconsciously hugged her to death. The screams mixed together. Ye Sibei was in Qin Nan's arms. The moment she heard him call Ye Sibei, she felt the whistling wind and the sense of death brought by weightlessness, but she was not afraid of anything.
After the two of them finished playing all the games, it was already afternoon. Qin Nan was almost on the verge of collapse and sat on a bench to rest.
Ye Sibei turned to him and asked: "Do you want to play?"
Qin Nan no longer wanted to be a man, and immediately shook his head: "No more playing."
"Okay," Ye Sibei looked at the time, "Let's go eat first."
The two went to a shopping mall together and had a barbecue on the rooftop.
Ye Sibei ordered a beer, while Qin Nan only ordered a Coke. The two of them ate while chatting.
Qin Nan told her about the world he saw when he was working as an apprentice in the coastal areas. The girls there wore suspender hot pants and all kinds of makeup in the city center, laughing and making noises in the square. They were not worried at all about being different, nor were they afraid of being talked about or watched by others.
She told him about her college life, and how she envied her classmates for having a computer as a freshman, for reading so many books, and for getting a TOEFL score of over 100 as a freshman.
Qin Nan listened to her words and subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?"
Ye Sibei was stunned. She looked at him. At that moment, she suddenly felt that her inferiority complex was meaningless. Qin Nan didn't even know what TOEFL was, but he was much stronger and more confident than her, and lived in this world with dignity and beauty.
She looked at Qin Nan for a long time, then she said softly, "Qin Nan, next time, if I want to curse someone, you must persuade me."
"Persuade me?" Qin Nan looked up at her. "What can you say?"
Ye Sibei smiled and said seriously: "Advise me to scold him to death."
Qin Nan paused while drinking water, then smiled and raised his glass to her: "Leave it to me."
On the way back to South City, Qin Nan drove the car while Ye Sibei sat in the passenger seat. He found some swear words on the Internet and recited them haltingly.
"Do you know why my grandmother lived so long? Because she kept her nose to the grindstone."
"I feel like scolding people today, so I won't scold you."
…
Ye Sibei recited it over and over again, and as he read it more and more smoothly, Qin Nan laughed as he listened while driving.
The car drove away from G City. Ye Sibei couldn't help looking back. She felt that this car seemed to be driving from a dream into reality, making her reluctant to leave.
Qin Nan turned his head and looked at her, as if he sensed something.
"Ye Sibei."
He called her softly. Ye Sibei turned around. Qin Nan said calmly, "After the lawsuit is over, I will sell the house and we will live in G City."
Ye Sibei was stunned. She turned to look at him. Qin Nan's eyes were steady. Every word he said touched people's hearts, making them feel solid and stable, as if it would really come true.
"See, what I said," he met her gaze: "Come out, it's very simple."
Ye Sibei didn't dare to answer, and she listened, not daring to believe it.
She was afraid to place her hopes on another person because she had no control over its rise and fall.
She secretly placed her hopes in her heart.
She watched the car lights break through the darkness, driving on the highway, and said softly, "Okay."
One day in the future, whether Qin Nan is there or not, she will leave.
Before leaving, she needs the world to give her an answer.
Qin Nan drove much faster and arrived home before eleven o'clock in the evening.
As soon as she entered the house, she received a call from Ye Nian.
Ye Nian was a little excited: "Sister."
Listening to Ye Nian's voice, Ye Sibei couldn't help but concentrate and hold his breath. Ye Nian happily said, "I heard that the biological comparison has come out, and it's Fan Jiancheng."
Ye Sibei listened, her lips trembling slightly, unable to utter a word.
"The police have already detained him and are now collecting further evidence. I'll let you know."
Ye Sibei listened and nodded: "Okay."
She said in a hoarse voice: "That's great."
After finishing the call with Ye Nian, Ye Sibei looked at Qin Nan. Qin Nan smiled and was about to say something when she saw her phone flashing.
Ye Sibei looked at his phone and saw a name called "Xu Xia" on it.
Qin Nan saw her hesitation and looked at her doubtfully. Ye Sibei explained, "As for Fuqiang's affairs, he was considerate of me in the past."
After Ye Sibei finished speaking, he thought about it and decided to answer the phone.
Before answering the phone, Qin Nan reminded quietly: "Remember to curse."
Ye Sibei couldn't help laughing and turned to walk towards the balcony.
"Hello, Sister Xia. What's going on?"
"Um, Sibei." Xu Xia asked, "Are you busy?"
"at home."
"Oh, that. I called you because I heard something. I heard that Mr. Fan was detained and it was you who reported the case."
"it's me."
"Sibei, actually, President Fan has always been a good person and has treated you well. When you first joined the company, the HR department didn't want you, but it was President Fan who kept you."
"Sister Xia, what do you want to say?"
"Ah, it's nothing. I don't know what's going on between you two. I'm just doing this for your own good. I want to advise you to forgive others when you can. If there's anything, just talk it over in private. There's no need to send them to jail. Don't you agree?"
Ye Sibei didn't say anything. When Xu Xia spoke, she relaxed and continued to persuade him: "If this matter gets out of hand, it will be bad for the company and you will lose face. Besides, if you don't think about yourself, think about your family, right? Tell me, how will people look at Qin Nan in the future? There is Chuchu. If you don't let go after something like this, do you think the company can still keep Chuchu? There are also your parents..."
"Yes?"
Ye Sibei interrupted her. She leaned against the edge of the door frame and looked down at the patterns on the ground: "What is there to threaten me with?"
"Sibei, how can you talk like that?"
When Xu Xia heard this, her tone immediately became serious: "I am thinking about you, why are you..."
"Thank you," Ye Sibei interrupted her, speaking very quickly, "You and I have nothing to do with each other, so you don't need to worry about me so much. It's not up to me to withdraw the criminal case after it's filed. Don't call me in the future, it's useless."
"Ye Sibei, think carefully, is it easy for you to find a job? With Mr. Fan's connections..."
Ye Sibei hung up the phone before Xu Xia finished speaking.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Nan came over and asked, "What did you say?"
"nothing."
Ye Sibei smiled and said, "I'm going to look for a job tomorrow. You go to the store. Don't worry about me."
Qin Nan hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
I originally wanted Ye Sibei to stay at home, for I was afraid that her hard-earned self-confidence would be shattered again because of such "special treatment".
The two of them didn't speak. Ye Sibei thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to sleep."
Qin Nan nodded, and after hesitating for a moment, he spoke: "Where should I sleep?"
Ye Sibei was stunned. Qin Nan looked at her and said, "If you sleep on the bed, I'm afraid you'll be nervous. If you sleep on the floor, I'm afraid you'll think too much."
Ye Sibei understood what Qin Nan meant. She lowered her head, thought about it, smiled, and finally asked, "Where do you want to sleep?"
"On the ground."
"Why?" Ye Sibei understood that when he said it, it meant that he slept on the floor not because he minded this matter.
Qin Nan didn't answer her directly. He went to pick up the mattress and said softly, "I'm happy to do that."
As he said that, he took out the mattress and made the bed. At night, the two of them lay down and slept. Ye Sibei said softly: "Qin Nan, have you ever liked anyone?"
Qin Nan looked at the moonlight and said softly, "I don't know what love is. But there is one person I always hope lives a good life."
"I never thought about being with her, I always wanted her to be well."