Wang Jiexiang wiped her tears with her hands and lay down too.
He ignored her, wondering if he fell asleep.
—People probably despise her as an eyesore.
Facing the dark figure, she whispered.
"I won't cry next time, don't hate me."
Yin Xian answered quickly.
"I don't hate you."
Wang Jiexiang closed her eyes, her voice was vague: "Really?"
He sighed.
The bed made a "creaking" sound, Yin Xian turned over and seemed to be facing her.
"Tell me, why are you crying?"
Wang Jiexiang's neck shrank into the quilt, only half of her head was exposed. In the dark night when nothing could be seen clearly, she and he could not see the expressions on each other's faces.
Both the scene and the man made her feel safe.
So Wang Jiexiang spoke up and told him about her part-time job experience.
Yin Xian didn't interrupt her the whole time.
Her voice was the only one in the room, talking for a while and stopping for a while.
All the while, the store manager said that she was a trial worker, she couldn't speak and got into trouble, her whole month's salary was in vain, and the landlord knocked on the door when she came home from work... Wang Jiexiang finally finished telling her story.
Yin Xian also understood.
He originally thought that Wang Jiexiang was crying because she couldn't get the money back; but after hearing the ending, he realized that she was more sad because of her friends.
Why is it that she thinks she has done nothing wrong but is unlikable and alienated by her former friends.
The people on the floor were curled up against the bunks like unwanted puppies.
Yin Xian did not choose to comfort her.
"Human affection is so indifferent. You fellow don't want to lose your job or get into trouble. It's normal to treat you like this. If you want to be a good person and help her, then you should."
Wang Jiexiang was stung by these words.
She was immersed in unwilling emotions before, but he pulled her back to reality, and she was completely chilled from head to toe.
—If you want to be a good person, then you deserve it.
Give kindness and hope that others will understand your kindness. However, others have no obligation to accept kindness, no obligation to reciprocate. In the end, the one who wants to be a good person becomes the stupidest person. If you choose yourself, you can bear the consequences yourself.
Wang Jiexiang doesn't want to be a fool.
Now my own stupid appearance, even I despise myself.
She fell into deep self-loathing and self-blame, and began to reflect on herself.
The two did not speak again.
Yin Xian fell asleep quickly, while Wang Jiexiang was thinking about things in his head and suffered from insomnia all night.
The next morning, when he woke up and called her, she had just fallen asleep.
"I'm not going to work this morning. I'm going to work in the afternoon and I won't be back in the evening."
Yin Xian's speech was too fast, and Wang Jiexiang tried hard to open her eyes covered with gum, trying to understand with difficulty.
He didn't care if she woke up or not, and finished what he wanted to say.
"You change your clothes, let's go out."
Wang Jiexiang was fully awake when she heard the "bang" when Yin Xian brought the door shut.
With her messy hair, she sat up.
Yin Xian stood at the door and waited. Wang Jiexiang didn't stay in bed, changed his clothes and came out in five minutes.
He let her go ahead.
Wang Jiexiang was confused: "Where are we going?"
"Barbershop," he said.
There is usually no business in the barber shop in the morning. There are two customers sitting sparsely in the shop, and the rest of the shop assistants are idle.
Wang Jiexiang and Yin Xian were outside the shop.
She saw a few familiar faces through the glass door, and couldn't help feeling apprehensive.
"You don't need to follow, you wait for me outside." Yin Xian turned to her and said.
He had no intention of letting her in at all.
Just as he was about to take a step, his sleeve was pulled by the person behind him.
Wang Jiexiang shook his head at him.
"Don't go."
Her eyes were timid, her big eyes drooped, and she added another hand to pull him.
"Are you going to fight them? You'll get hurt."
"Don't worry, it's fine."
Yin Xian rarely showed a smile on his serious face.
He patted her hand reassuringly.
Wang Jiexiang still refused to let go of him. She looked at the men in the shop. Although they were not tall and strong, there were a lot of them, and the barber shop had a lot of tools that could hurt people.
This delay, the clerks also noticed the two people at the door.
Before Wang Jiexiang could persuade Yin Xian to leave, someone called the store manager.
"It's fragrant."
The store manager opened the door and came out with a friendly and natural expression, as if nothing happened.
"Why did you come to our shop again?"
Wang Jiexiang was bullied by him last time, and he still vividly remembered the face of him asking her to pay her back, and he couldn't put on a good face when seeing him.
"The store manager..."
Yin Xian grabbed her hand and blocked her behind him.
"Hello, manager."
Separated by the two, he reached out to greet him.
The store manager didn't shake his hand.
"Who are you?"
Yin Xian and Wang Jiexiang spoke at the same time.
"Her brother."
"My boyfriend."
The store manager stared at them.
Wang Jiexiang snatched the conversation, and gently took Yin Xian's right hand with both hands.
"It's a boyfriend, I call him Brother Xian."
She didn't dare to look at his expression, she lowered her head.
"Oh, okay. So..."
The store manager smiled and asked knowingly, "What are you doing here?"
Yin Xian turned his head, took out a banknote and stuffed it into Wang Jiexiang's pocket.
"Go to the breakfast shop opposite, choose something you like, and eat breakfast. Then pack a copy for us, and I'll talk to your store manager."
She is not happy.
His tone softened: "Hey, go quickly."
Wang Jiexiang finally listened.
…
The breakfast shop was crowded, so she asked for a bag of steamed buns and waited for a long time before they arrived.
He hurried back to the barber shop, the store manager and Yin Xian were no longer standing at the door of the shop. Through the glass, she saw him and the store manager sitting in the middle, the two of them were talking normally without making a move.
Jiang Bingbing opened the door for her and asked her if she would like to come in the store.
But without Wang Jiexiang's answer, the shop manager who finished talking sent Yin Xian out.
Yin Xian winked at her, but Wang Jiexiang didn't understand what he meant.
He took the bun she was carrying and handed it to the store manager.
"Thank you, store manager. You have worked hard, everyone in the store should have breakfast together."
The store manager accepted this small favor and laughed: "You are welcome, next time you come to our store for a haircut, I will give you a discount."
"Okay, I will definitely come next time."
Wang Jiexiang and Yin Xian had only been in contact for a short time, but the talkative and smiling man in front of her was very different from the Yin Xian she knew.
When she saw him, he always had a straight face, so few words that he looked like a mute.
Observing his appearance silently at the moment, Wang Jiexiang was a little distracted.
"Go home." Yin Xian put his arms around her shoulders, the smile on the corner of his mouth still hasn't dissipated.
"Okay." Wang Jiexiang was taken away by him.
The two walked for a while, and he let her go.
Her eyes flicked in his direction.
Familiar people are back.
With a look of indifference between his brows, he tugged at his collar and cursed.
"That shit store manager is really not a thing."
Taking out the money in his pocket, Yin Xian handed it all to Wang Jiexiang.
"Count it, right?"
She widened her eyes, her face full of surprise.
"You're coming back? I thought..."
He raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"Hey. Brother Xian, thank you, really thank you."
Wang Jiexiang jumped up and down, very excited and thankful, I don't know how to thank him.
Yin Xian was calm: "Quickly count the money."
"oh oh!"
She took a deep breath, folded the money with her fingers, and counted one by one, counting back and forth three times.
"That's right, it's the salary that was agreed at the beginning, and it's not less than a dime."
Wang Jiexiang was overjoyed.
If Yin Xian didn't look like this, let no one enter, she might not be able to help but run up to him and give him a hug.
He nodded, ignoring her excitement, and took a step first.
The little tail Wang Jiexiang kept up with her boss.
"Brother Xian, may I treat you to breakfast?"
"Um."
Without looking back, he asked, "Noodles?"
"OK!"
Wang Jiexiang responded loudly: "Noodles with chili!"