In the dark night, the streets were silent, Qin Guanglin slowly squatted down and leaned against the wall, looking at He Wu under the street lamp, his brows gradually frowned.
A few hundred meters away, there is a dilapidated old telephone booth, which has been left with mottled scars from the wind and rain all year round, giving it a sense of age.
Except for some children who occasionally go in to play, not many people usually take a second look at it, at most they use it as a road sign, and when they guide the way, they will mention: that broken telephone booth.
He might as well be in that small pavilion right now, talking with the microphone, the distance was too far, Qin Guanglin couldn't see her expression clearly.
Is that shit still working
This was the first thought that came to his mind.
But for more than a minute, why not hang up the phone, pause for a while in the small pavilion, come out and walk back.
Qin Guanglin subconsciously flashed back, seeing He Wu lowered his head and approached step by step, his brain turned rapidly.
ask
Do not ask
Sneak out in the middle of the night and make a call in the phone booth. That call must be very important.
She was in a low mood tonight, maybe... no, probably it had something to do with it.
Why avoid yourself
Why not use a mobile phone
A series of why was rolling in Qin Guanglin's mind. Seeing that He Wu was getting closer and closer, he pursed his lips, turned around and walked upstairs lightly.
The word cheating only flashed in his mind for a moment, and then he threw it aside - if someone told him that he might cheat, he would dare to turn his head off as a bet.
But... what is it that is hiding from me
Halfway up the stairs, Qin Guanglin stopped again, wondering whether he should go down and grab something for her to explain, and after thinking about it, he gave up.
He took off his clothes and lay down on the bed again, the bedroom light was on, he leaned against the head of the bed and looked at the door, why not return later than expected.
There was a knock at the outside door, followed by light footsteps, and the bedroom door was gently pushed open. Qin Guanglin was stunned for a moment when he clearly saw He Wu, and then came in and closed the door again.
"you're awake?"
"Well, it's so late... where did you just go?"
"Can't sleep, want to eat duck feet..."
Why not lift the disposable bag on the handle, Qin Guanglin noticed that she was still carrying something.
"... I couldn't help but go down and buy some—do you want to eat?"
She fished out a packaged duck paw from the bag, the one costing $1.50, and Qin Guanglin bought it for her several times.
"..."
Qin Guanglin was stunned. Looking at her natural appearance and nonchalant tone, he even wondered for a moment whether what he saw downstairs was a dream—if he hadn't seen her walk into the broken telephone booth with his own eyes, it must have been a dream. Will believe her statement.
"Just bought a duck's claw?" He looked at her and asked without reaching out for the duck's claw that He Zhi handed over.
The reason why he gave up on catching her is to see how He Wu would react, whether to explain it or continue to hide it.
Otherwise, even if she was caught in the past, she could still lie and give some reasons... Qin Guanglin didn't know what reasons she would use to perfunctory. possible.
"I also bought potato chips." He Wu took out another pack of snacks from the bag.
"..."
The room fell into silence, why not glance at the window, lowered his head, tore open the duck's claws and began to eat.
Qin Guanglin looked at her with complicated eyes, eating like a kitten, bending over the trash can to spit out bones.
"I..." he opened his mouth, uttered a word and closed it again.
She has done this, how else can she ask
Said that he had seen her call? She can tell a lie casually and perfunctory herself.
Trust has collapsed.
Except for her own initiative to explain, or for him to find out the reason, everything else asked is not credible.
"What's the matter?" Why not stop eating the duck's feet and look sideways at him.
"I continue to sleep, you remember to turn off the lights."
"good."
…
A sleepless night.
Qin Guanglin closed his eyes, listened to why not eat, waited for her to turn off the light, felt her getting into his arms, hugged him to sleep, then got up, and lightly made breakfast outside.
He lay in bed thinking all night.
Why not have a secret, he knew it long ago, but he just didn't take it seriously.
But now, it's starting to really affect life.
From the moment she took out the potato chips, even if she continued to ask, even if she told the truth, he would not believe it—
Only by truly understanding what she hid will it be possible to recover.
"Get up and have breakfast." He Wei walked in wiping his hands on the apron, leaned over and kissed Qin Guanglin on the cheek, and put his head against his forehead and shook it gently.
"good."
Qin Guanglin finally opened his eyes, rubbed his eyes as if he had just woken up, sat up and looked for his clothes.
"You didn't hug me."
"Ah?" Qin Guanglin was stunned.
"If I tell you to get up, you will give me a hug first."
"...come here and give me a hug."
Qin Guanglin hugged her and took a deep breath, feeling a little relieved by the familiar smell, "I love you."
"Okay, get up quickly." He Wei straightened up in satisfaction, turned his head and prepared to go out.
"Wait a moment."
"Um?"
"If you have anything to do, you must tell me." Qin Guanglin looked at her seriously.
No matter what he said now, as long as she took the initiative to speak, he would make himself believe it.
He doesn't want to have any more conflicts.
Why not look at him for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay... what's the matter with you?"
"...It's okay, let's go eat."
Qin Guanglin sighed, put on his clothes and came out, finished his breakfast in a dull mood, remembered something when he was arranging his scarf, took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and said, "Today is Saturday."
"Ah?" Why didn't he wash the dishes for a moment, "... I'm so confused, I keep thinking about the first day of winter vacation—why didn't you just say that?"
"..."
Qin Guanglin didn't respond, took off the scarf again, took off his coat, and was going to lie down on the bed to catch up on sleep.
Are you saying you didn't notice it
He scratched his hair irritably, the two of them had their own concerns, this feeling made him a little uncomfortable, he poked his head out from the bedroom door to say something to He Wu, but in the end he closed his mouth and lay back on the bed.
He might as well wash the dishes and come to the bedroom. Seeing Qin Guanglin sleeping in the cage, he also took off his coat and huddled with him, but he couldn't fall asleep anyway.
"Xiaoqing invited me to go shopping, you should sleep well."
Wait until ten o'clock, why not get up from the bed and say while putting on your shoes.
Qin Guanglin snorted, turned over with the quilt in his arms, paused for a while, then turned around and said, "Go for the car."
"Need not… "
"It is cold outside."
"All right."
He might as well put on his luggage, find out the car keys from Qin Guanglin's bag, come back and kiss him, "I'm leaving."
"come back earlier."
Qin Guanglin heard the sound of the door outside, opened his eyes, got up and opened the curtains to look at the window, why not appear from downstairs soon, sat in the car and started the car, and walked away slowly.
Looking away, he was about to lie back on the bed. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the broken telephone booth a few hundred meters away downstairs, thinking about putting on his coat and going downstairs.
Entering the telephone booth, Qin Guanglin looked at its structure curiously.
This is a product left over from the previous era, and it has long been forgotten by the city. He has never used it, and even now there is no place to buy an IC card.
Not sure if I can call back the number...
After researching for a while, Qin Guanglin finally gave up. He didn't even have an IC card, and even if he had the callback function, he couldn't dial it back.
IC card... Where can I find it
He put his eyes on the bayonet slot, and couldn't help being stunned.
It was rusty there, and I don't know if it was stuffed with twigs by leather children or some boring people, and the whole gap was blocked.
Qin Guanglin's heart was pounding, he picked up the microphone, and the old monochrome LCD lighted up slightly.
He pursed his lips, looked at the usage flow chart next to him, raised his hand and pressed three numbers.
beep…
As soon as the phone rang, Qin Guanglin hung up abruptly.
… functioned, but only toll-free - a finding that dispelled all his guesses.
Qin Guanglin stood there looking at the four toll-free numbers printed beside him, dazed.
Damn it.
(end of this chapter)