Chapter 8: Night of Yangzhou
On Friday, I simply packed my bags and went to Yangzhou with Shen Man. The two-hour drive from Nantong to Yangzhou was not a long one. Shen Man drove and I sat beside her honestly.
Along the way, Shen Man still drove her little mini like a UFO. Her originally round and pretty face became as heavy as square ice cubes. Today I made her angry again.
We originally agreed to set off at 2pm, but by the time Shen Man found me, it was already five in the evening. Such lack of punctuality made Shen Man, who has a strong sense of time, very unhappy. This is what happened after a simple restoration.
When we got off the expressway and the lights first came on, this classical garden city was blessed by the breeze, and the moonlight was lazily reflected on our car windows. It was very beautiful. I looked at Shen Man next to me, and he still had a cold expression.
"Manman, the moonlight is so beautiful today!" I said to Shen Man next to me in a very flirtatious tone.
Shen Man glanced at me, snorted, and still drove the car intently.
"How about I treat you to Huaiyang cuisine tonight, a braised lion's head that's delicious and delicious!" I said and patted Shen Man's leg.
"You're treating me to a treat, right? I'll pay for it, right?" Shen Man rolled his eyes at me.
"I'm treating you, and I'm paying for it, as long as you don't get angry, otherwise you'll still have to pay, and I won't do anything stupid that will cost you money."
Before I finished speaking, Shen Man raised her foot, kicked me with her high heels and said, "Can't you do something promising? Even if you say something promising!"
"I want to pick you up." I said without thinking, I thought this was very promising.
"get off."
"I don't know the address."
"Run behind the car."
"I'm not training for marathons." I said and lit a cigarette for myself. I was no longer in the mood to continue bickering with Shen Man, and then looked out the window at the sultry night.
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"Hey, are you angry?" Shen Man pushed my arm with his hand.
I pretended not to hear, still staring out the window, when suddenly a convertible red Porsche Boxster from the opposite side roared wildly past our car. The woman in the car was wearing a scarf and her long hair was flowing, because the speed was too fast. I couldn't see her face clearly, but I felt that in this late autumn, a woman who dared to open the roof and drive must be living a very cool life.
The car had already driven far away, so I looked back again and saw only a blurry outline, quickly stretched into a line under the streetlight.
Shen Man thought I was angry, so he flirted with me and said, "What are you looking at?"
"Did you see clearly the woman who just passed by in a Porsche?"
When I said this, Shen Man became interested: "I didn't notice, is she a beauty?"
"I didn't see it clearly, but my long hair is flowing and looks very cool!"
"Yeah!~ Then I express my deep regret. This is really my favorite type, but I missed it." Shen Man said, wishing he could have the regret engraved on his face.
"Female gangster, it's time for you to cultivate your moral character." I said with a smile, but I felt more and more that something was really wrong with Shen Man's sexual orientation.
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In the evening, Shen Man and I found a Huaiyang restaurant. After a hearty meal, we returned to the hotel. Tomorrow is the official start of the S-curve challenge. My job is very simple. I just observe the scene. If you don’t understand, We will consult with the advertising company that planned the event and the marketing department of the Yangzhou store so that we can independently complete the work of the Nantong Station of the S-Curve Challenge.
When I stay in a hotel, I have a habit of opening the curtains to sleep. In a strange city, I like to lie on the bed and stare at the night sky, which is very helpful for my sleep.
I don’t know why, but I couldn’t sleep this night in Yangzhou. Perhaps the moonlight today was too beautiful to be true, which made me greedy. I greedily followed the moon’s trajectory and stared at it. I don't want to sleep anymore.
After tossing and turning several times, I put on my clothes and decided to chat with Shen Man for a while. I knocked on Shen Man's door, but she hadn't rested yet.
Opening the door, Shen Man was wearing pajamas, but she couldn't hide her sexy and proud figure. She held a cigarette in her hand, an entertainment program from a certain station was playing on the TV, and the coffee on the bedside table was still steaming.
"Senior sister, I can't sleep." I said and sat down by Shen Man's bed and lit a cigarette for myself. Shen Man got into his bed again.
"Why can't you sleep?" Shen Man said, but his mind was still on the entertainment program being played.
I took the remote control, turned off the program that was playing, and said to Shen Man seriously: "I'm here, just concentrate on chatting with me for a while, okay?"
Regarding my sudden turn off the TV, Shen Man didn't care. She put out the cigarette butt in her hand and asked me with a smile: "Are you lonely?"
Shen Man hit the nail on the head, and I nodded and said, "Why do you think people are lonely?"
"Would you feel lonely if you didn't have other people as a couple?" Shen Man asked me.
I lit another cigarette for myself. I understood what Shen Man meant. After understanding the origin of loneliness, I found that the so-called loneliness was just a joke made by myself. People are always selfish and don't want to see others. Happiness, once the people around you are happier than yourself, you will ignore it and torture yourself by imagining the so-called loneliness. This is what I am like at the moment.
Shen Man patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't think so much, go to bed early."
"I want to sleep with you, but I still can't sleep alone."
Shen Man still smiled. She was used to my similar frivolity, which had been repeated over and over again in the five years we had known each other.
I looked at Shen Man and smiled, and said quickly: "Then I'll go get the quilt. I can just sleep on the sofa."
"Yeah, but we agreed to sleep on the sofa."
"Promise the beautiful moon that I will never jump into your bed." I said as I stood up from the bed and trotted to my room to get the quilt. Regarding Shen Man's refusal, I understood that there must be something wrong with her sexual orientation. .
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Turn off the lights, darken the room, and illuminate the loneliness. Fortunately, Shen Man is two meters away. Although I understand the origin of loneliness, I still can't help but feel lonely, and Shen Man can relieve my loneliness.
"Senior sister, I want to ask you a question?" I said and took advantage of the moonlight to look at Shen Man. She leaned sideways and rested her head on her hands and looked at me. Her charming eyes were really charming.
"Um."
"After graduation, why did you take me with you but introduce the prince to the advertising company?" I asked. In fact, not only the prince, but I had also been puzzled about this for a long time.
"Guess?" Shen Man blinked and showed a mysterious smile.
"Why am I asking you if I can guess it?"
Shen Man yawned, turned to the other side and said, "I'm sleepy. You should go to bed early and go to the event with me on time tomorrow."
Shen Man's non-answer made me feel helpless. If she didn't say anything, God knows what her motives were.
Chapter completed!