After the middle-aged man finished cursing, he threw the club in his hand on the table and left Xingyu without looking back.
Xu Na hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Mengyao and let her rest on the chair next to her for a while. After comforting the other guests, she sat next to Li Mengyao and said with concern:
"Mengyao, how are you? Are you injured?"
Li Mengyao shook her head and took a deep breath:
"I'm fine, Sister Xu. Go catch up with him quickly. He hasn't paid the bill yet."
Xu Na rolled her eyes at Li Mengyao:
"You girl, how long has it been since then, do you still care about this? And have you forgotten? He has a membership card. I will just do the deduction on the computer later."
"Oh, that's good. Well, Sister Xu, I'm a little uncomfortable. I...can I get off work early today?"
"Of course! Do you want me to take you back?"
"No need, Sister Xu, if you send me back, what will happen to the guests here?"
"Yes, then you should pay attention to your safety when you go back, and send me a message when you get there."
"Um."
"Um, by the way, Mengyao, let me ask you one last question. What happened just now? Wasn't he... holding you? Why did he push you so suddenly?
opened?"
Li Mengyao hesitated for a moment and finally said it:
"I said...I said I was sick."
"Ah? What's the matter..."
Halfway through the question, Xu Na stopped immediately. As a woman, she certainly knew what Li Mengyao wanted to express. She sighed and said:
"Mengyao, you have worked hard. Don't worry, I will definitely let the coach help you seek justice in this matter!"
...
After a while, Zhao Shiyan came to Xingyu Billiards.
Recently, Ling Zhi would broadcast games very late, and at his insistence, Zhao Shiyan did not wait for him.
However, after practicing every day, if it was not too late, Zhao Shiyan would drop by Xingyu Billiards to see Li Mengyao. If it was already late, she would go directly to Li Mengyao's residence to chat with her.
But most of the time, she would practice until late.
However, Zhao Shiyan's training ended very early today. She expected that Li Mengyao would still be busy here, but she didn't expect to see her when she walked in!
However, Zhao Shiyan soon learned from Sister Xu what had just happened here, and she immediately rushed towards Li Mengyao's residence.
After arriving at Li Mengyao's rented place, Zhao Shiyan knocked loudly on the door, but no one answered for a long time.
The place Li Mengyao rents is actually just a large room with an independent bathroom. The other rooms are usually locked, and all rooms are connected by a long corridor. The landlady does not usually live in this house.
So in this case, it is definitely unrealistic to expect the landlord to open the door, so why doesn't Mengyao open the door?
Although the room Mengyao lives in is closer to the inside, she should be able to hear her own knock on the door. In the past, when did she not knock on the door, Mengyao would open the door for her within 10 seconds?
Fortunately, Li Mengyao left a spare key for her because she trusted Zhao Shiyan. Although she had never used it, today was a special situation and it didn't hurt to use it.
Zhao Shiyan only hoped that Li Mengyao wouldn't get carried away and do something extreme.
After opening the door, passing through the corridor, and entering the room where Li Mengyao lived, Zhao Shiyan found that the lights were on inside the room.
She glanced inside and didn't find Li Mengyao there. This was strange. The lights were on. Where had they gone?
However, Zhao Shiyan immediately heard the faint sound of water running from the bathroom. She opened the bathroom door and saw water spraying down from the shower head. Li Mengyao was squatting underneath, with her head buried in her knees. What was even worse was that there was still water on her body.
wearing clothes!
"Meng Yao! You, what are you doing! Why are you so mean to yourself! Just because of that scumbag? As for that? Also, you have been pestered by him so many times, why have you never told me once?
"
Li Mengyao didn't answer, and Zhao Shiyan didn't waste any time. He turned off the shower first, took off Li Mengyao's clothes, and then helped her take a hot bath.
Then he helped her to the bed, wrapped her tightly in a quilt, and then helped her throw her clothes into the washing machine, and then cleaned the bathroom.
After taking care of everything, Zhao Shiyan lay down on the bed and hugged Li Mengyao tightly. Seeing that she was listless, he did not try to whisper to her again.
After a while, Zhao Shiyan felt that Li Mengyao's body had warmed up, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to ask her how she felt, but Li Mengyao spoke up at this time:
"Shi Yan...you think I'm dirty?"
"Ah? No! I heard about you from Sister Xu. You did a great job! You pretended to be sick and then scared the man away. You are very smart. I might not have thought of it.
..."
"not like this!"
Li Mengyao interrupted Zhao Shiyan.
"It's not like that, it's not like that..."
"I just felt so disgusted with myself. Why did I think of that excuse so naturally? Why didn't I hesitate at all when I hugged that man's arm?"
"I'm not a serious girl, right? Who is a normal girl like me? I feel like I'm sick, and very sick! Shi Yan, please stay away from me, I'm afraid I will infect you."
After hearing this, Zhao Shiyan was startled. She quickly touched Li Mengyao's forehead and found that it was not very hot, so she felt relieved and assumed that Mengyao was talking nonsense.
"Mengyao, you're not sick, it's those scum who are sick! Stop talking and have a good rest. I'll be here with you tonight, okay?"
"No, Shi Yan, please go back quickly, otherwise the dormitory door will be closed soon."
At this time, Li Mengyao is still worried about whether Zhao Shiyan will have time to return to the dormitory!
Zhao Shiyan ignored what she said, but hugged her tightly without any intention of leaving.
Li Mengyao closed her eyes and kept saying things like asking Zhao Shiyan not to worry about her.
Gradually, her voice became softer and softer, and her consciousness became more and more blurred, until she finally became completely quiet and was replaced by the sound of even breathing.
It started to rain lightly outside the house. It was already close to mid-December. After this rain, Huacheng would be completely shrouded in cold air.
Although the cold wind was howling outside, inside the house, the two warm hearts were tightly stuck together, not afraid of any cold erosion.
...
The next day, at 7 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Shiyan gradually woke up from his sleep and looked at Li Mengyao sleeping soundly. Without disturbing her, he quietly got up and got dressed, preparing to go out and buy her some food.
As soon as she opened the door, Zhao Shiyan saw Ling Zhi sitting on the stairs outside, drowsily scrolling through his mobile phone. She was immediately shocked:
"Ah? Lexus! When did you come?"
Ling Zhi raised his head and saw Zhao Shiyan coming out, and he immediately became half energetic:
"I woke up early and came here to wait for you. I heard from Sister Xu that something happened to Mengyao yesterday, and you also came here to take care of her. I just wanted to come and take a look."
"Then why didn't you send me a message in advance? And why are you sitting here? Why didn't you knock on the door?"
Zhao Shiyan had just gotten up and asked a series of mindless questions in a daze. Ling Zhi explained to her helplessly:
"You still have the nerve to say that? How many messages did I send you last night? How many phone calls did I make? You're different and you still didn't reply to me? If Sister Xu hadn't told me you were here, I wouldn't have known where you were."
"As for not knocking on the door, I can guess that you guys haven't gotten up yet. What if I knock on the door and wake you up?"
Zhao Shiyan smiled sheepishly, and then she remembered that she had indeed not looked at her phone since last night:
"I'm sorry, Lingzhi, I should have informed you, causing you to worry."
Zhao Shiyan pulled Ling Zhi up from the steps and said to him.
Ling Zhi patted the dust on his pants and said nonchalantly:
"It's okay, how is Mengyao doing now?"
"Before I came yesterday, she was soaked in cold water. Fortunately, I came early. Now she has no fever, but she is just not in good spirits. Let her sleep a little longer."
Zhao Shiyan took Ling Zhi downstairs and told him the whole story. Ling Zhi sighed:
"Well, speaking of this, it's all my fault. If I hadn't introduced Xingyu's job to her, she wouldn't be in this situation today."
If it was a few months ago, Zhao Shiyan might have teased Ling Zhi a little, saying that he had indeed given Li Mengyao random job introductions and asked him to take responsibility for Mengyao.
But now she has no intention of teasing, so she comforts Ling Zhi and says:
"This matter has nothing to do with you. It was that scumbag's fault from beginning to end!"
"Well, I know, so I was thinking, should I change the training location to Xingyu from now on? This way I can take care of her a little bit. Especially since the coach is on a business trip recently, and there is no one who can speak with weight in the ball room.
This makes me a little worried.”
While speaking, Ling Zhi observed Zhao Shiyan's face. If an ordinary boyfriend said such words, his girlfriend would be jealous!
However, Li Mengyao was not an outsider to the two of them, so Zhao Shiyan obviously didn't care about Ling Zhi's concern for Li Mengyao, but thought it was natural. She nodded and continued:
"Then I will also move to Xingyu to practice football. I will discuss it with Lili. She should be easy to talk to."
Seeing her say this, Ling Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
After the two bought breakfast at a nearby bun shop, they returned to Li Mengyao's residence.
When he arrived outside the door, Ling Zhi hesitated for a moment and said:
"Well, I'll wait for you outside. Mengyao's room is not big. Every time I go in, I feel uncomfortable. Besides, she probably hasn't gotten up yet. Although she may not mind, it's better for me to avoid suspicion.
."
"Hey, you've been sitting outside all morning. If I leave you here again, my conscience will feel bad! It's okay, just come in. At worst, you can hide in the toilet while Mengyao is getting dressed.
good."
"Haha, as expected of you, you are so kind to me."
...
After Li Mengyao took a day's rest, she resumed her daily work. Fortunately, Xingyu Billiards opened every afternoon, so she didn't have to get up too early, and the work was not as tiring as she imagined.
Since Li Mengyao resumed work, Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan began to move to Xingyu Billiards to practice. They both have membership cards, and even if they play for one night, they will not spend much money on the billiards.
Fortunately, since then, the man named "Wang" has never been here again.
Naturally, Li Mengyao would not expect too much from others to help her seek justice from the man named "Wang". As long as that man did not come, she would be satisfied.
One night two days later, a young man walked into Xingyu Billiards. He strode to the front desk and asked Xu Na:
"Is there any more middle eight tables? Open one for me. By the way, I remember I had a beautiful sparring partner last time, right? Is she still there? Let her play with me for a while!"
As the young man spoke, he glanced around the ball room. Soon, he spotted the beautiful sparring partner not far away:
"Yes, yes, that's her, you ask her to fight with me..."
"I'm sorry, brother, I was here first, so the beauty sparring partner is mine!"