Chapter 43: Depression and Lost
That night, two days after the last call, Li Xiaoran called again.
Zhong Xiaofei walked to the balcony to pick him up.
The night breeze is very cool and the night view is also very charming. I can hear the sound of cars passing by downstairs and there is a faint fragrance of flowers in the air. It turns out that there are more than a dozen pots of bonsai flowers on the balcony, which are in full bloom.
"Hi, Xiaofei, are you bothering me?" Li Xiaoran's sweet and gentle voice came from the phone.
Hearing her voice, Zhong Xiaofei's fingers actually trembled a little. It has been several years since they broke up, but he has to admit that in his heart, Li Xiaoran still occupies an important position. This position cannot be replaced by others, not even Wu Yijie.
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"Of course not." Zhong Xiaofei pretended to smile relaxedly, "I have finished get off work in the evening, and I was watching TV and getting ready to go to bed."
"Oh... where is Xiaowei? Xiaonizi doesn't answer my calls."
"She slept." Zhong Xiaofei told a lie, "By the way, Xiaoran, I haven't told you yet, Xiaowei has found a job, and she now works in the same company as me."
"I heard Jiajia say, well, thank you, Xiaofei."
"No, Xiaowei's entry into the company is entirely due to her own efforts," Zhong Xiaofei said with a smile, "She is a strong and beautiful girl just like you."
After saying this, I heard footsteps behind me. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw He Meiyi standing up wearing a pajamas and leaning against the curtain, looking at her with charming eyes.
Zhong Xiaofei's heart was a little confused. Two women, one in the sky and one in front of them, happened to be crowded together at this time.
"Why don't you speak? Is it inconvenient?" Li Xiaoran asked sweetly on the phone.
"No, I'm just wondering if your appearance has changed now?..." Zhong Xiaofei winked at He Meiyi as he spoke, meaning that he would be fine just a moment.
"Me." Li Xiaoran chuckled. The laughter was as good as Zhong Xiaofei remembered it, maybe even better. After laughing, she sighed softly, "Of course I have changed. I am already old and yellow. No one wants me."
Already..."
"How could it be? If you are old and yellow, then I will be a skeleton and white bones." Zhong Xiaofei felt a little pain in his heart. From Li Xiaoran's words, it can be felt that she has not lived a good life in the past few years, and she still has deep affection for Zhong Xiaofei.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about something happy." Li Xiaoran changed the topic and started talking about their classmates in college. The two of them had been in college for four years and had a lot of common memories and a lot of things in common.
topic, so the conversation went smoothly.
At the beginning, Zhong Xiaofei would look up at He Meiyi from time to time, smile and comfort him, and signal that he would be fine soon, but then he forgot about it while chatting.
He did not see that He Meiyi's expression gradually changed from expectant and charming to sad and lost...
Zhong Xiaofei's thoughts have been completely immersed in the past years.
On the balcony of someone else's house, he got carried away chatting with his old lover.
"Do you still remember that person? Haha, she got married last year, her husband is from Guangzhou, and she just gave birth to twins last month. How about Teacher Wang? Do you have any news about him? Yes, I heard about him
I'm not in good health, but I'm in good spirits. Just last year
I found a new wife, and the dead tree is now in full bloom. Oh, by the way, do you still remember that so-and-so? The most annoying one throws love letters into my bicycle basket every day. Hahaha, he, I remember that kid, he has lost weight.
It looks like a bamboo pole..."
The happy time passed quickly, and the two of them chatted for half an hour.
"Oops, I'm so hungry from talking all this time, it's all your fault..." Li Xiaoran laughed on the phone.
"It would be great if you were in Haizhou. I would invite you out for a late-night snack. Do you still remember the meatball soup next to the school? I haven't had such delicious meatball soup in many years."
Li Xiaoran agreed and said, "Yes, there is also jelly pork skin, the one at the old street entrance."
"Haha, you forgot about the chicken stewed with mushrooms in the school cafeteria. To be honest, I have never eaten such delicious chicken stewed with mushrooms since I graduated..."
Li Xiaoran interrupted him, "Xiaofei Xiaofei, please stop talking. If you keep talking, I will be too hungry to sleep tonight. By the way, I may not be able to go to Haizhou next week. Recently, the company's import and export trade
There are so many orders, I can’t keep them up..."
"Really?" Zhong Xiaofei was a little disappointed. Originally, he thought he would be able to see Li Xiaoran next week. It has been more than two years since they broke up, and he really wanted to see Li Xiaoran.
"But no matter what, I will definitely go to Haizhou on the 15th at the latest. You have to pick me up at the airport then."
"Absolutely" Zhong Xiaofei nodded in agreement.
"Xiaofei, let me ask you a question..." Li Xiaoran suddenly hesitated.
"You asked."
"You...want to see me?" Li Xiaoran's sweet voice was shy.
"I want to." Zhong Xiaofei replied without hesitation. This was his sincerity.
"That's great, I want to see you too." Li Xiaoran became happy on the phone, "That's it, I'll call you then. Good night now."
After hanging up the phone, Zhong Xiaofei suddenly realized that He Meiyi was no longer by the curtain.
"Sister He?" He knew something was wrong, so he quickly went into the house to search. He searched all over the bedroom, living room and bathroom, but no one was seen. Finally, he found a small note on the coffee table in the living room, which said: Close the door when you leave.
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Zhong Xiaofei was stunned. He knew that He Meiyi must be angry, so he took out his mobile phone and quickly dialed He Meiyi's number.
The phone was connected, but no one answered.
Zhong Xiaofei was very worried. Where would He Meiyi go so late at night?
After getting dressed, he hurried downstairs to search. As soon as he walked downstairs, his cell phone rang, and he saw that it was He Meiyi calling back.
"What are you doing?" He Meiyi's sweet voice came from the mobile phone, accompanied by loud music. It turned out that she was in a bar.
"Sister He, where are you?" Zhong Xiaofei asked cautiously.
"You don't have to worry about it..." He Meiyi's tongue was a bit big when she spoke, and she seemed to have drank a lot.
"Tell me, Sister He, I'll pick you up..." Zhong Xiaofei said pleadingly. Now he was like a person who had made a mistake begging for forgiveness. He couldn't help He Meiyi tonight. He Meiyi must be very angry now. If he drinks too much,
If something happens, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life.
"Hmph, hum,..." He Meiyi seemed to have drank another large glass of wine, and her tongue was so big that she could no longer speak clearly. The noise in the phone continued, and then the phone suddenly disconnected, and she could not get through again.
Zhong Xiaofei was very anxious and hurriedly hailed a taxi and drove towards the Post and Telecommunications Building. There was a bar street there, and if nothing else, He Meiyi should be there.
Haizhou is at the forefront of China's reform and opening up. It is China's most open and prosperous economy and the area with the richest nightlife. Therefore, the bar industry is very developed. There are thousands of bars with so many names.
Looking for a drunk guest is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, Zhong Xiaofei knew something about He Meiyi and knew where she might go.
Zhong Xiaofei first went to Brother Nan's bar, asked the waiter inside, and searched around. He didn't see any trace of He Meiyi. He didn't bother to say hello and talk to Brother Nan. He rushed out and went to other bars to look for it.
After searching for more than a dozen stores, an hour passed, but there was still no sign of He Meiyi. What made Zhong Xiaofei even more worried was that He Meiyi's cell phone was actually turned off.
Zhong Xiaofei couldn't hold back his anger. He took out his cell phone and dialed Brother Nan's number. He told Brother Nan about the situation. Brother Nan immediately sent his bartender and brothers to help Zhong Xiaofei search for him.
More than a dozen people were searching separately along the bars, discos and nightclubs on several nearby streets.
When he found a nightclub called Crazy Life, Zhong Xiaofei finally saw He Meiyi.
He Meiyi was extremely drunk. A bald man in a suit was supporting her and was about to help her get into a black car.
Zhong Xiaofei became angry and rushed over.
The bald man helped He Meiyi into the back seat of the car, got into the cab and was about to drive away, when he suddenly found a person blocking the car.
"Huh? What the hell are you doing standing there? Looking for death?" The bald man stuck out his head and glared.
"I'm sorry, sir, I want to ask, who is this lady in the back seat?" Zhong Xiaofei asked calmly.
"Fuck, what do you care about?" the bald man became even more angry. "Get out of the way! If you don't get out of the way, I will hit you to death!"
"I'm sorry, you don't make it clear. I can't let you go because this lady is my colleague and I have an obligation to care about her. But I don't know you and don't know what your relationship is with her, so please make it clear.
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Zhong Xiaofei didn't want to fight, he just wanted to ask things clearly. If the bald man sent He Meiyi home with good intentions, then he would like to thank him, but if he had malicious intentions, he would definitely not let it go. He made it so clear that if the bald man
He is a kind and open-minded person, so he should not be embarrassed.
But the bald man doesn't seem to be a kind person.
"Fuck!" The bald man was furious. He opened the door and walked out of the car. He came in front of Zhong Xiaofei angrily, stretched out his finger and poked his chest, "Who are you and dare to control me? I'll tell you for the last time! Get out of here!"
, get out of here right away, or I will destroy you!"
Chapter completed!