Before Xu Yingjia returned to the dormitory, she took a few deep breaths at the door to make sure that she could face Lu Yao calmly. Then he took out the key. Open the door and go in.
Before, she felt wronged for Lu Yao. She was the one who obviously came up with the bad idea, but it was Lu Yao who took the blame; but now Xu Yingjia just felt that. Good morning. Good morning. People like Ji Guanxin are not suitable for Lu Yao. Just that. He couldn't tell Lu Yao.
Pushing the door open and walking in, Xu Yingjia didn't see Lu Yao in the bedroom. Just as he was wondering where Lu Yao had gone, Lu Yao's voice could be heard faintly from the bathroom. I found out after listening carefully. She was on the phone.
Lu Yao didn't turn on her phone for several days in a row. It could be that she was deceiving herself or that she was a timid ostrich. She has always been afraid of facing bad things. But now the ending has been reached. She would no longer have to be afraid of going back and facing the process.
Open the phone, there are many missed calls and unread text messages on it. Lu Yao immediately saw the missed call from 'Brother'. There are five.
She didn't call Jian Chengli her brother, but Lu Chi was the only one who asked her to call him brother.
I think Luchi also saw the news on the Internet. So Lu Yao quickly called back.
When Lu Chi answered the call, Lu Yao called out, "Brother, I just saw your phone number."
Lu Chi said: "Yao Yao, are you okay? I called your cell phone and it was always turned off. I called my mother and she said you were at school. Maybe there was something busy at school."
Lu Chi was only five years old when Du Hui married Lu Baiquan. Although he already had memories at that time and knew that Du Hui was not his biological mother, he still called Du Hui mom.
Lu Yao naturally reported good news but not bad news. She followed Lu Chi's words and said, "Yes, everyone is preparing for their graduation thesis. They are very busy. My mobile phone is useless even if I put it aside. I only turned it on today."
Lu Chi said: "Have you finished your work at school? Dad has been thinking about you recently. The dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage were your favorite that day. I don't know if the dumpling restaurants in Night City are authentic or not. ”
His words made Lu Yao's eyes well up with tears. She reached out to cover her mouth, not daring to make the slightest sound.
Lu Chi waited for a few seconds but did not hear Lu Yao's voice. He said in a very soft voice tentatively: "Yao Yao, do you have to stay in Night City after graduation?"
Lu Yao leaned against the bathroom door and slid down limply. She knew what Lu Yao wanted to say was to let her go home.
The strength and indifference she had been trying so hard to pretend finally fell apart at this moment. She covered her mouth with her hand, her face covered with tears. She nodded vigorously, but couldn't make a sound.
Lu Chi whispered: "Don't cry. Whenever you have time, I will come to Night City to take you home."
When she returned home, Lu Yao's mind was filled with thoughts about the old house where she had lived for many years. She clearly remembered every scene and thing there, even the toothpick box that was often placed on the kitchen table.
After leaving Winter City for so many years, she was like a duckweed without roots, no matter where she was, she never felt like she had taken root. In the past, she wanted to stay in Night City and enter Tiancheng after graduation. She had a goal to work hard because there were still people here who she would miss.
But now...
"Brother... I want to go home."
Lu Yao stayed in the bathroom for almost forty minutes before coming out. Xu Yingjia was sitting on the bed and heard the bathroom door opening, and then saw Lu Yao going to the sink to wash her face.
Xu Yingjia stood up and walked to the balcony door, looked at Lu Yao in the mirror, and asked: "Yao Yao, what are your plans regarding the contract?"
Lu Yao bent over and splashed water on her face with her eyes closed. After hearing this, she whispered back: "I will go back to the city tomorrow and resign at Xinrui."
Such a decision was expected by Xu Yingjia. Just seeing Lu Yao bending over and refusing to get up, just splashing water on her face, she still felt uncomfortable.
She really wanted to tell Lu Yao, stop crying, and stop feeling sad for Ji Guanxin, that person is not someone who can take care of you for the rest of your life. It's just that when the words came to my lips, I couldn't say them. Because Lu Yao is so pitiful. Since the outcome is already decided, why bother adding salt to the wound
The cold water faucet was kept on. Lu Yao washed her face for three minutes before raising her head. Xu Yingjia saw her red eyes without exception, but she didn't say anything.
Lu Yao took the towel on the shelf and wiped her face, trying her best to say in a normal voice: "Jia Jia, I'll treat you to dinner with Mr. Bai tonight."
Xu Yingjia was wondering what kind of food Hao Duandui was eating, and Lu Yao continued: "My brother called me just now and said that my dad misses me very much. He happens to be free these two days and will probably come to Night City the day after tomorrow to pick me up. "
Hearing this, Xu Yingjia couldn't help but look surprised, "Where are you going back? Back to Winter City?"
"Yeah." Lu Yao had already thought clearly that she didn't want to stay in Night City anymore, but her throat still felt tight when she mentioned leaving.
Xu Yingjia stared and said, "How long are you going to go back? Are you going to come back?"
Lu Yao's eyes were as red as a rabbit, and she tried her best to look calm. She replied as usual: "I don't know, I will go back and stay for a while. If there is a suitable job, I will stay in Winter City. "
After her words fell, Xu Yingjia quit. She immediately felt aggrieved and cried while shouting: "What? What should I do if you leave? I still want to work with you. Even if we can't be in the same company, I still have to I'm in the same place with you, and you can leave as soon as you say..."
When Lu Yao saw Xu Yingjia crying like this, she quickly raised her hand to wipe her. While wiping, she persuaded: "Don't cry. Keep your voice down. People who don't know may think I did something to you."
Xu Yingjia poked at the door of the balcony, regardless of whether the people downstairs or around her could hear her. She just cried and said: "Your mother is in Night City, and I am also in Night City. How can you bear to leave us?"
The tears that Lu Yao finally held back welled up again. She raised her hand to wipe Xu Yingjia's tears, frowned slightly, and replied in a low voice: "Jiajia, don't push me, I'm very tired and don't want to stay in Night City anymore."
Many people will fall in love with a city because of one person; similarly, many people will never step into that city because of one person.
Using the city as a prison, she didn't want to step into a place where that person was from now on. Because breathing the air under the same sky with him makes my heart ache.
The human body has a self-defense mechanism. Just like when the body is tired to a certain extent, it will get sick, and the body uses the time of illness to recover. Similarly, when the psychological load reaches an unbearable level, people will instinctively find ways to relieve stress. . The only thing Lu Yao can think of now is to escape to a place without so much pressure.
She thought that if she stayed away from him, she might have fewer thoughts.
With such a strong person like Lu Yao, Xu Yingjia almost never heard the word 'tired' from her mouth, but now, she made it clear that she was very tired and that she didn't want to continue anymore.
Xu Yingjia was sad for a long time. She cried until she couldn't cry anymore and turned into sobbing. Then she choked and said: "You go, the pressure in Winter City will not be as high as in Night City. You go over and have a good rest. I will meet with Zhan Bai." Go see you."
Lu Yao smiled and hugged Xu Yingjia. Xu Yingjia cried again. Lu Yao was also sore, but she held it back.
In the afternoon of that day, Lu Yao went to the Academic Affairs Office and went through the temporary departure procedures. In fact, to put it bluntly, she just went to say hello, because since Xinrui promised to sponsor Ye Da, she was equivalent to being 'sold' to Xinrui. What's more, Ji Guanxin fell in love with her, and she just left when she wanted to. Just go back.
The dean of academic affairs was very forthcoming and asked her to just come back when she was defending her graduation thesis. The rest of the time is at your own disposal.
Lu Yao is the only one in the whole Ye family who can be treated like this. When Lu Yao came out of the Academic Affairs Office, a sentence popped up in Lu Yao's mind for no reason: success is Xiao He, failure is Xiao He.
He said that he would give her a warm harbor, but the current storm was all caused by him.
In the evening, Lu Yao, Xu Yingjia and Zhan Bai were sitting in a private room of a hotel outside the school. Both women's eyes were red. Zhan Bai also heard from Xu Yingjia that Lu Yao was going back to Winter City.
For the first time, he didn't say anything or ask anything. He just opened the wine, poured a full glass for her, and practiced it for her.
Lu Yao smiled and said, "I'm leaving. You two are the only ones left here in Ye City. You should be good, don't quarrel, work hard to find a job, and work hard to make money."
As she said that, she looked at Xu Yingjia again, "I will still send you handicrafts regularly after I go back. You can sell them at any time in Night City. I will also look for a suitable location at home. If possible, I would like to rent a small shop."
Xu Yingjia quickly said: "You still plan to stay in Winter City."
Not a question, but a tone of affirmation.
Lu Yao felt sad, but the corners of her lips were raised, "That's not necessarily true. I just thought I was going back to see my dad and my brother. My brother said that his friend had opened a new 4S store and asked him to help with after-sales and after-sales service. He has been very busy with repairs recently and has no time to spend with my dad. "
Zhan Bai said: "Go back and take a look. You haven't always had time to go back and accompany them these years."
"Yes." Lu Yao responded, and then said with a smile: "Come over and play when you have time. I'm in Winter City, and you can still have many places to hang out."
Zhan Bai didn't want Lu Yao to feel nostalgic, so he supported Lu Yao to go back. Xu Yingjia felt sad, but she also knew what was best for Lu Yao, so she stopped saying anything about missing her.
These were the few days Lu Yao stayed in Night City. The three of them drank a lot in the evening. In the past, Lu Yao didn't dare to drink more because she didn't have enough. Now she was deliberately getting drunk, so she drank like water, pouring it into her stomach.
When returning to school after the dinner, Lu Yao was carried back by Zhan Bai. The dormitory aunt originally couldn't let Zhan Bai go upstairs, but when she saw that the person on his back was Lu Yao, she gave her the green light. She was the school's lucky girl. The school leaders had to support her, let alone her alone. Worker.
Lu Yao was so drunk that Xu Yingjia didn't let her sleep on the upper bunk, so he let her sleep on his own bed.
At night, Xu Yingjia was lying on Lu Yao's upper bunk and heard faint sobbing coming from below. She took off her earphones and shouted, "Yao Yao?"
"I'm sorry... Ji Guanxin, I'm sorry..."
Xu Yingjia climbed down and stood on the edge of the lower bunk. When she looked into the bed, she realized that Lu Yao had not woken up at all, but was suffering from sleep hysteria.