I calculated my time and went to the station. Not long after I arrived at the station, I saw Li Runzhu in a white down jacket. She also wore a woolen hat with a big fur ball on her head, which was very eye-catching among the crowd.
I waved my hand towards her and shouted: "Runzhu!"
Li Runzhu also saw me. She dropped Tian Haosong beside her and ran towards me quickly. The two of us had a big bear hug, and she made my chest hurt.
We haven't seen each other for two years, but we are still close after we met, like friends who play together all day long. This is the friendship we had in high school, which is always different from the people we meet later in society.
Li Runzhu took my hand, looked me up and down, then opened his eyes wide and said, "Let me go, Zijin, you are too thin now, you are so beautiful!"
After receiving the compliment, I almost grinned from the corners of my mouth to my ears, and replied with a smile: "Yeah, I'm twenty-five pounds lighter than when I was in high school!"
While we were talking, Tian Haosong had already squeezed through the crowd dragging two suitcases. Li Runzhu turned to him and said: "Haosong, look at Zijin, he is so inspiring!"
Tian Haosong grinned at me and said loudly: "Zijin, you have become beautiful."
I raised my eyebrows and said, "I don't like to hear this. What does it mean to become beautiful? Didn't I look beautiful before?"
Tian Haosong smiled and replied: "I used to be beautiful, a beauty in the fat world, but now she is a pure beauty, sweeping the whole street."
I reached out and punched his shoulder, and then said: "You can talk. Let's go, I will take you to the hotel to put down your things, and then we can go have a nice drink."
There are many hotels owned by Luo in Night City. I took them to one in the city center and used the gold card Luo Xiangdong gave me to book a room for free.
Seeing this, Li Runzhu held my arm and whispered: "Sister, you are so cool now!"
I smiled and said, "What's so cool about that?"
She said, "Didn't you see that when you took out the gold card just now, the front desk looked at you with admiration."
I smiled and replied: "The person who impressed her was the owner of this card, not me."
Li Runzhu raised his eyebrows and said, "The card is not yours?"
I replied truthfully: "The card belongs to my boss. He knew you were coming and gave it to me in advance."
Li Runzhu was even more excited when she heard that. She held my hand tightly. She glared and said, "I heard Chen Chen say that you are now working at Luo's as an assistant to Luo Xiangdong, who appears on the cover of magazines all day long. Are you really fake?" of?"
I nodded: "Really."
Li Runzhu tried his best and said, "Is he as handsome in real life as in the magazine?"
I frowned, couldn't help but take my hand out of her palm, took a breath and replied, "You squeezed me to death."
Li Runzhu refused to let me go and started gossiping about Luo Xiangdong. I didn't want to say too much, but I couldn't say a word, so I had to follow her wishes and describe to her how handsome Luo Xiangdong was.
We took the elevator upstairs while chatting and swiped the card to enter the room. When Li Runzhu saw the luxurious suite in front of him, he gave me a thumbs up and praised me repeatedly.
"Zijin, you are really promising, I envy you so much."
I smiled and said, "What are you envious of? I also envy you for having a follower accompanying you wherever you go."
Hearing this, Li Runzhu's face changed slightly subconsciously, and then he looked at me and said, "Zijin, Chen Chen said that you and Chen Wenhang broke up. What's going on?"
No one has mentioned the word Chen Wenhang in front of me for a long time, and it sounds a bit strange to me at first glance. The smile on my face faded slightly, but I still smiled and replied calmly: "Go to the restaurant first, let's chat while eating."
After putting down my luggage at the hotel, I took a taxi with Li Runzhu and Tian Haosong and headed straight to Huayue Building. Luo Xiangdong is right. My friend has come all the way here. Regardless of whether he came just for me, I still have to take good care of him.
Huayue Tower is one of the best places in Night City. The rows of luxury cars at the entrance are enough to blind people.
Needless to say, Li Runzhu and Tian Haosong can see that this is a place where big money is spent. As soon as we entered, the pretty clerk greeted us with a smile: "Ms. Liang."
I don't know how she knew my last name, but then I thought about it, I often come here with Luo Xiangdong, and I also came here with Ji Guanxin a few times. People who can work as store clerks here are the ones who don't tolerate criticism. It's very simple to know my last name.
"Excuse me, are you three?"
I nodded and replied aloud: "Please arrange a private room for us."
"Okay, you three, please come this way."
The clerk took us into the private room and handed us a thick, gold-edged dinner book. I handed it to Tian Haosong and Li Runzhu and asked them to order.
Judging from the subtle expressions on their faces, they were also surprised by the food prices here. I smiled slightly because I thought that when I first came here with Luo Xiangdong and the others, I would always be shocked by the price, but over time, I got used to it.
The two of them were embarrassed, so I approached Li Runzhu and discussed with her. Finally, we ordered six dishes and one soup, all big dishes.
After the clerk turned around and left, Li Runzhu looked at me and said, "Zijin, this place is too expensive. Is it better to eat with gold?"
I smiled and replied: "We have been old classmates for so many years. It's hard for you to come here. If you don't say hello, I'm afraid you will pick on me later."
Li Runzhu glanced at me and said loudly: "Are we that kind of people if we can really make things happen? One meal here is enough for Haosong and I to earn a month's salary!"
We Northeasterners are just cheerful and can say whatever we have to say. After staying in Night City for a long time, there are people everywhere, but there are really no people from the Northeast. Hearing the familiar hometown dialect, my blood immediately boiled and I smiled and replied: "It's okay, I can reimburse you later."
Li Runzhu believed it to be true, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it true or not?"
I couldn't help laughing when I saw her like that, so I couldn't help but reach out and push her.
Li Runzhu was still confused by Monk Zhang Er, and asked directly: "What do you mean? Can I repay it?"
Tian Haosong couldn't stand it any longer, and he said helplessly: "Zi Jin is joking, are you stupid?"
Li Runzhu immediately replied: "You are stupid, your whole family is stupid!"
Tian Haosong was not angry, but replied casually: "Then you are just scolding yourself, Hu!"
Li Runzhu glared, tilted his neck and said, "You are so beautiful, who is in your family?"
Tian Haosong said: "You're not a member of the same family even if you lied about the evidence?"
"Then we haven't had a wedding yet!"
"Telling evidence..."
The two started to argue in front of me. When I heard the word "false evidence", I hurriedly pulled Li Runzhu, looked at Tian Haosong and asked: "Wait, wait, wait, you guys take a breather. What are you talking about? Are you two falsifying evidence?" "
Tian Haosong smiled, with a look of unstoppable happiness.
Li Runzhu even took out a pair of small red books from his bag as if he was offering a treasure, looked at me and said, "Dang dang, it's freshly baked. The two of us just pulled out the certificates the day before yesterday, so we don't want to go out for a stroll."
I opened two small red books. On the top of the book were inch photos of Tian Haosong and Li Runzhu. Below was the wedding date.
In the photo, both of them are smiling a little silly, but happiness cannot be deceived.
For some reason, my vision suddenly blurred.
Li Runzhu was startled, looked at me and asked, "Hey, why are you crying?"
Tears fell down, I quickly stretched out my hand to wipe them, and then said with a smile: "The picture was really good."
In fact, I was very emotional and had indescribable complex emotions.
Li Runzhu said: "How good is this photo? The photo I took looks like a village girl."
I said, "I didn't expect you two to get your certificates so quickly."
Li Runzhu was also very emotional. She said aloud: "Yes, it seems like high school is still in front of me, but it has been eight years in the blink of an eye."
I stared straight at their marriage certificate and tears kept falling.
Li Runzhu probably guessed what I was thinking. She asked tentatively: "Zijin, when I was chatting with Chen Chen before, she didn't say much to me. She just mentioned that you and Chen Wenhang broke up. You two What happened to the two of them? Why did they break up so easily? "
Few family friends knew about my breakup with Chen Wenhang, and I never mentioned the reason.
Now Li Runzhu asked, and I just replied calmly: "Well, after graduation, everyone has better choices."
When I said this, it was easy for Li Runzhu to think that it was work reasons that led to our breakup. After all, I am doing pretty well now.
She said with emotion: "I think back then, you and Chen Wenhang were also influential figures in our school. Everyone said in public and privately that anyone can break up, but you two can't. I didn't expect..."
The corners of my lips curved slightly. Now that I think about the past, I no longer feel uncomfortable. I just feel that time can really change everything.
What can be retained is the past. But the past is destined not to be retained.
Li Runzhu was silent for a few seconds, then looked at me and asked, "Hey, what is Chen Wenhang doing now?"
I said, "I don't know, I'm not paying attention."
Listening to what I said, they also knew that it was really impossible for Chen Wenhang and I to be together. Tian Haosong changed the subject loudly: "Don't talk about these unhappy things with Zijin. There are so many things to talk about, but instead of talking about them, you just gossip."
Li Runzhu took my hand and asked with a smile: "Okay, I won't ask you about your past. I'll ask you if you have anyone you like now?"
I wiped my tears with a tissue and replied, "You can never change your habit of gossiping."
Li Runzhu said: "As life goes on, gossip will continue. Stop changing the subject and speak quickly."
I don’t know what happened. I could have dismissed the matter without saying a word, but maybe I had been feeling aggrieved for too long. I finally ran into a few old friends who rarely let me express my true feelings, so I acted on impulse. He replied aloud: "Yes."
Sure enough, Li Runzhu immediately stared at her eyes full of gossip spirit, looked at me and asked: "Who is it? Who is he? Do I recognize him?"
I rolled my eyes and replied vaguely: "I know her, but I don't know her."