The reason why Kuang Yiyang chased me to Lianzhou in the first place was because he was worried that I would be embarrassed and something would happen to me, and secondly, it was also because Xu Lu told him that I actually liked Luo Xiangdong.
Regarding this matter, I can't say that I am being arrogant or bad, because to be fair, if it were me, I would probably tell Kuang Yiyang.
This has nothing to do with the choice between love and friendship, it is simply not wanting to see a person being kept in the dark and suffering.
After all, this is life.
I didn't reply to Xu Lu's text message, but called her directly.
There were four or five connecting sounds from the phone, and then Xu Lu's familiar yet unfamiliar voice came. She said, "Hello? Zijin."
Now when I talk to Xu Lu on the phone, I no longer have the calmness and kindness I had before. I just hold a simple greeting and say with a slight smile: "Luzi, Happy New Year."
Xu Lu asked me: "Are you doing well in Liangcheng?"
"Well, that's good. How about you?"
Xu Lu said: "I'm pretty good too. I quit my previous job and now I've found a new company."
I didn't ask the reason, but I couldn't hide my unfamiliarity and a hint of embarrassment in my politeness, and replied: "It doesn't matter if you change it, you were not happy what you did there before."
Xu Lu chatted with me a few words about work, and then she took the initiative to ask me: "Zijin, will you come back to Yecheng after the Chinese New Year?"
I didn't finish my words: "I probably won't go back. I want to go to Winter City to find a job."
Xu Lu was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said: "Zijin, you didn't contact Yi Yang again after you left, right?"
When I mentioned Kuang Yiyang, I felt a little depressed, so I replied to her: "No."
Xu Lu's voice was low, with helplessness and depression. She said: "After you left Night City, he changed his number and I couldn't contact him. I went back to school to find him several times, but everyone at the school said he didn't come to class. A week before the Chinese New Year, I saw him fighting with someone in front of a hotel in Night City. He drank a lot and beat the other person to a bloody head. "
"Someone called the police. The police came and wanted to ask him what was going on. He didn't say anything and even beat the police. Later, Luo Xiangdong came and took him away."
Listening to Xu Lu's words, I just found it difficult to imagine this scene in my mind. After all, she said that Kuang Yiyang fought with others and beat them to a bloody head. In my impression, Kuang Yiyang couldn't even curse. The only time he fought with someone was because Zhang Xinwei and the others scolded me. He pushed down a woman for me.
I couldn't say a word while I was holding it. Xu Lu waited for a long time and then she said out loud: "Zijin, if I hadn't told Yi Yang so quickly, maybe none of you would be like this... I know I'm sorry." I can't change anything, but I have been thinking about it every day for such a long time... I am too self-righteous and I always feel that I don't want to see Yiyang being kept in the dark, so I just tell him the truth out of anger. If I knew the truth would turn us all into this, I would never say anything in my life.”
Xu Lu, like me, is straight-tempered and says whatever she wants.
When I was in Lanzhou, I felt that she was somewhat more interested in sex than friends, but now that I think about it, if I were her, I would say the same thing.
"Luzi, everything is over, I'm living a good life now, you don't have to feel guilty."
Xu Lu cried. She choked and said, "But I always feel that I can't help you."
I said, "It's okay. You know I don't like Yi Yang. No matter what happens between me and Luo Xiangdong, I will never be with him. And I have a boyfriend now, Ji Guanxin. You don't know that yet, right?" ?”
When Xu Lu heard this, she was really surprised. She sniffed and said in a low voice, "Ah? Are you and Ji Guanxin together?"
I smiled and responded: "Yes, we have been together for a while, and he came to Liangcheng."
Xu Lu gossiped about some things between me and Ji Guanxin. Initially, she felt she owed me, but it was me who persuaded her later in the conversation. I said, "Luzi, forget it, let it go. I really don't blame you. The only person I feel sorry for is Yi Yang. If I have the chance to see him, I will say thank you to him for taking such good care of me." ”
Xu Lu also had a big heart, so she asked me: "What about Luo Xiangdong?"
Luo Xiangdong…
There was a hint of sourness in my heart, and I replied aloud: "Actually, I also want to thank him. No matter why he was nice to me in the first place, I have always benefited. As for emotional matters, if there is no fate, there is no fate. I can think of it openly."
Xu Lu sighed and said to me: "Then what are you and Ji Guanxin going to do in the future? He can't always stay with you, right?"
Many people around me are asking me this question, and I don’t know, so I can only reply: “We’ll see after the year.”
I didn't expect to chat with Xu Lu for so long, but we ended up talking on the phone for more than an hour. My call was very hot, and Xu Lu said she had no battery, so she hung up.
When I was a child, I always looked forward to the Chinese New Year, because during the Chinese New Year there would be delicious food and drink, new clothes and lucky money. But the older I get, the less aged I feel. Everything on the table is the usual food. My two younger brothers are the happiest in the family, because the big red envelope given by Ji Guanxin is enough for them to spend from high school to graduation from college.
The Chinese New Year should be a time of joy, but for some people, it only makes them sad.
On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, my mother took Ji Guanxin and me to my grandma’s house for dinner. Before dinner, Ji Guanxin was called into the house by my grandpa to watch a Thai drama, while my grandpa and I sat on the sofa in the living room and watched the news.
A news reporter from a certain central channel went to a small rural village in the south and said that the children there could not even eat a bite of meat during the Chinese New Year, and their clothes were so patched that they could not see their original appearance.
Children from several nearby villages, ranging from sixteen or seventeen years old to five or six years old, all have to go to school in one place. The way to school is like climbing mountains and ridges, and many older people even have to carry younger ones through rivers.
The reporter stopped in front of a 'school' with only one classroom and conducted live interviews online. The children under the camera were all sallow and thin, and the reporter asked them how they spent the New Year.
A teenage boy timidly said to the camera: "My parents are working in other places. They said they would come back to see my sister and me after making enough money. But they didn't buy train tickets for the Chinese New Year this year, so they couldn't come back. So they called me." Take good care of your sister and they will be back next year.”
With red eyes, the female reporter handed the microphone to a little girl who was only five or six years old, and asked her with a smile: "Little sister, what is your New Year's wish?"
The little girl wrung her fingers, lowered her head, and said nothing.
Later, another little boy next to her who was a little older than her said: "She wants to eat sweets and buy a new schoolbag for her brother."
The female reporter held back her tears and tried her best to smile and said, "Okay, auntie heard your wish. Can auntie help you realize it?"
Hearing this, the little girl raised her head. She nodded carefully, and then said: "I still want to eat meat..."
Children don't know how to lie, which is why it's even more heartbreaking.
My grandfather is in his seventies. While watching, he raised his hand to take off his glasses and wipe his tears.
I said, "These children are so pitiful. They have no one to take care of them. They can't even eat something delicious."
My grandfather said: "This program is broadcast every day to appeal to caring people in society to donate. I will have contact information after the program is over."
I felt uncomfortable in my heart, and suddenly I thought that there was five million on my card from Luo Xiangdong.
I sat on the sofa and waited until the show was over, and sure enough, the contact information for love appeared on the screen.
I jotted down the number, then turned and went to the bathroom.
When the call was dialed, a voice prompt came from the phone, indicating that it was a charity organization.
Soon a strange woman's voice came from inside. I told her what I just saw on TV and confirmed the other person's identity.
I said I wanted to donate, and the other party asked for the donor's information. I said, "Luo Xiangdong, Mr. Luo donated five million to left-behind poor children."
I was worried about how to return the money to Luo Xiangdong. Now that I had this opportunity, I simply made a favor.
It only took ten minutes in total to make phone calls and transfer money in the bathroom.
After the other party received the money, he immediately called me, thinking that I was Luo Xiangdong's assistant, and asked me if I could arrange for him to be interviewed by CCTV.
I said, "You can contact the people at Luo's Night City Head Office, and they will be responsible for making arrangements."
After giving away the money, I felt relaxed. Coming out of the bathroom, Ji Guanxin came from the inner room to the outer room at some point and was playing chess with his grandfather on the coffee table.
Hearing my footsteps, he turned to look at me and said, "I thought you fell into the toilet."
I sat next to Ji Guanxin, leaned close to his ear, and lowered my voice and said, "I'll tell you something later."
Seeing my mysterious look, Ji Guanxin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?"
"You'll finish playing chess with grandpa later."
Perhaps Ji Guanxin had been thinking about what I wanted to say to him, so he lost to my grandpa in several games in a row. He said, "Grandpa is very good at chess, and I am no match for him."
My grandfather smiled and said: "My performance is really average, not good..."
Ji Guanxin borrowed some oil and pulled me to the bathroom, closed the door, and asked impatiently: "What's going on?"
I said, "I donated the money Luo Xiangdong called me."
Sure enough, after hearing this, Ji Guanxin's expression paused for a while, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.
When I told what happened just now, Ji Guanxin said mockingly: "He has really done something good, so he should be more virtuous."
I said, "This time I'm done with him, and I don't owe anyone anything."
Ji Guanxin looked at me, reached out and pinched my face, and said with a smile: "I have to give you a reward for being so obedient. What do you want?"
I deliberately stretched out my hand to touch my heart, and said with a grimace: "The card suddenly lost five million, I feel sad..."
Ji Guanxin smiled and said: "I don't feel bad. Originally, I wanted to tell you later. Since you are so good, I will tell you in advance."
I raised my eyebrows and said, "What?"
Ji Guanxin said: "We are going to Switzerland on the 14th, and I have booked the air tickets."